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Nov 27, 2022 24 tweets 46 min read Read on X
What follows now are the images we caught from our #HeartsForMurderedWomen vigil yesterday, which we held during the #16DaysOfActivism, the day after #IDEVAW #16days #SayHerName @tweet_tdas @FemicideCensus @CountDeadWomen
The #HeartsForMurderedWomen were strung from the statue of #OurEmmeline and hung between the trees lining #StPetersSquare in #Manchester #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #16days
There were enough to fill a huge square of #HeartsForMurderedWomen lining #StPetersSquare - one for each of the 144 women killed by #maleviolence #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #16days
The #HeartsForMurderedWomen blew in the wind and the #Manchester public stopped to ask what we were doing. We were able to raise awareness of fatal #maleviolence #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #16days
So many people did not know about @CountDeadWomen or @we_are_nina so we are glad we created our #HeartsForMurderedWomen so the names of our murdered sisters are remembered #IDEVAW #16days #16DaysOfActivism
Around 1pm, @MiriamCYP read out the names of each woman for whom we made the #HeartsForMurderedWomen - all 144 murdered by #maleviolence in 2021. You can read their names here:
kareningalasmith.com/2021/02/08/202… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The individual #HeartsForMurderedWomen are so beautiful so our thanks go out to all women who made them for us - our @WomanchesterMMN sisters and women from across the UK have joined us more and more since 2019 #IDEVAW #16days #16DaysOfActivism #SayHerName
Beautiful examples here of the work and #craftivisn that go into each of the #HeartsForMurderedWomen for the #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #16days #SayHerName
Thank you to all the women who joined us from other orgs and individually @wepmanchester @MancFemNet @WRNmanchester @matters_yes @FiLiA_charity @Womans_Place_UK @IAmMrs_M
It is an emotional day, but one which we feel is important. We remember and honour the women for whom we made the #HeartsForMurderedWomen, we raise awareness to try help other women and we come together in #sisterhood, many of us survivors too #Solidarity #16DaysOfActivism
Watch our socmed in next week or so and you will be able to home one of our #HeartsForMurderedWomen. We donate the raised funds to @tweet_tdas & the @FemicideCensus equally. We learned our money funded a project for women & girls last year with @tweet_tdas #womensupportingwomen
Finally, the video taken of the #HeartsForMurderedWomen is too long for Twitter, which emphasises how many hearts we had to make, a number which could go up! Here is part 1 #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #16days #SayHerName
Part 2 of the video of our #HeartsForMurderedWomen #IDEVAW #16days #16DaysOfActivism #SayHerName
Thanks again to @K_IngalaSmith for her work on @CountDeadWomen, to the @FemicideCensus and to @JeanHatchet, whose #RideForMurderedWomen inspired us. Thanks to all who have supported our #HeartsForMurderedWomen for the last four years #sisterhood and #Solidarity 💜💚♀️
Our leaflets, of which, 400 printed and given away! We need more! #HeartsForMurderedWomen #IDEVAW #16days #16DaysOfActivism #SayHerName
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Nov 29, 2021
What follows are the many pictures taken yesterday on our vigil. The snow just added to how moving it was, the reading of their names as the snow settled on each heart... 💔💔💔

#HeartsForMurderedWomen #StPetersSquare #IDEVAW #16days #16Daysofactivism #SayHerName #EnoughIsEnough
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