Powerful rally held in Derry as the community comes together to target violence against women and girls.
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00:00So we have two more things now, and what we're going to do is some of the ladies here are going to come up and read the names of women who have lost their lives to violence in the past four years.
00:09And then we're going to have a minute of silence and then a song. So I appreciate everyone's attention to just throw a couple over. Thank you.
00:18I'm sorry if I get a bit emotional, I just want to do this because reading about the exes just like dehumanises them and I'm going to get emotional so I'll bear with me.
00:26So 24 women have been violently killed here since 2020 and at least 20 of the women named the killer, but all but one were murdered by a man.
00:35The most dangerous place for a woman is in the home and at least 18 were attacked or killed in their own home.
00:40We'll now read her names and then I'd like to have a moment of silence.
00:45Elizabeth Goldman, age 82, the 3rd of March 2020, in her home.
00:50Natasha Melendez, age 32, 1st April 2020, in her home.
00:55Emma Jane McFarlane, 32nd April 2020, in her home.
01:01Patricia Weirbeck, age 20, 22nd August 2020, in her home.
01:07Katie Simpson, age 21, on the 2nd August 2020, in her home.
01:13Susan Barrett, age 60, 16th August 2020, in her home.
01:21Karen McLean, age 50, 19th of March 2021, in her home.
01:28Stacey Bell, age 30, 19th of March 2021, in her home.
01:36Ljubljana Politova, age 61, 20th of April 2021, in her home.
01:44Katherine Katie Bracken, age 37, 12th of July 2021, on a family holiday.
01:53Katrina Rainey, age 53, 12th of October 2021, in her home.
02:00Keegan Morgan, age 30, 18th of December 2021, in her home.
02:09Alison Nelson, age 64, 16th of April 2022, in her home.
02:16Margaret O'Nanoon, age 77, 17th of June 2022, in her home.
02:24Holly Thompson, age 28, 11th of September 2022, in her home.
02:31Natalie McNally, age 32, 18th of December 2022, in her home.
02:39Alicia Nazarova, age 37, 21st of March 2023, in her home.
02:48Chloe Mitchell, age 21, 11th of June 2023, at a house.
02:58Katherine Kat Harton, age 34, 9th of May 2024, in her home.
03:08Tricia Patsey-Oss, age 81, 2nd of June 2024, at a house.
03:15Sophie Watson, age 57, 18th of August 2024, in her home.
03:22Montserrat McClaren, age 66, 24th of August 2024, at a house.
03:30Rachel Simpson, age 43, 13th of September 2024, in her home.
03:37Mary Ward, age 22, 1st of October 2024, in a house.
03:43Please join us in a minute's silence.
04:13Please join us in a minute's silence.
04:16Okay.
04:42Thank you very much.
04:47We're really, really proud of you.
04:49We kind of didn't come up with the words to say,
04:52but that's the kind of thing that we do.
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