Thread by @DalgetySusan

🧵Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. 30 years ago Edinburgh District Council Women's Committee, led by fierce feminist Margaret McGregor, established the groundbreaking Zero Tolerance campaign #IDEVAW2022

I was a very junior member of that committee and am proud to have been part of a Labour group that broke down the barriers around violence against women and girls, and led the way for the rest of Scotland. #IDEVAW2022

The @edinburghpaper was the council's partner in this campaign, and helped get the message out of the City Chambers and into people's homes. Here's a very good report by @cardiffuni on the campaign and its impact
orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1427… #IDEVAW2022

30 years on, and violence against women and girls remains a global challenge. We must be ever vigilant. Only this week, @UNSRVAW warned that @scotgov plans for self ID could put women and girls at risk of male violence

https://twitter.com/UNSRVAW/status/1595336668499902464?s=20&t=yI_r9TUJkmjJ735CXw1j6Q

Women with power, like @NicolaSturgeon @ShonaRobison owe it to their sisters, young and old, to do all that they can to eliminate violence against women and girls. No woman or girl should be put at risk of male violence. Ever. #IDEVAW2022

AMENDMENT: The report was by @UofGlasgow 🤭