It was equal parts solemn and empowering for women in Penticton Wednesday night, as a few dozen people gathered in Gyro Park to Take Back the Night.

The annual walk, organized by the South Okanagan Victim Assistance Society and the South Okanagan Women In Need Society, brought mostly women, though several children and a few men showed their support.

91裸聊视频淪omething exciting that we do every single year is women take to the streets and we take back the night, something that a lot of us feel very strongly about,91裸聊视频� said SOWINS executive director Debbie Scarborough.

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The event is in support of women who have been victims of violence outside at night, and demands safety for women in the streets at night.

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Scarborough scolded the societal tendency to point to the clothing a woman was wearing at the time of a sexual assault.

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At six feet tall, and with some boxing skills under her belt, Scarborough said she still doesn91裸聊视频檛 feel safe in parts of Penticton.

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hearings with the federal government have started up again, recently holding hearings in northern B.C., and that has struck another poignant chord for Scarborough.

91裸聊视频淐oming from Terrace, and knowing some of those individuals that are on the murdered and missing or the Highway of Tears,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淲hen we come out and walk we walk for those that are no longer here beside us walking, that have lost their lives to violence, and that are still missing.91裸聊视频�

dustin.godfrey@pentictonwesternnews.com
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