🌃Dark nights, be safe 🔦

🕰️ As the clocks go back and the dark evenings draw in, additional concerns rise for women who exercise outdoors.

👓 Research by This Girl Can shows that nearly half of all women (46%) who exercise outdoors prefer not to do so once it is dark.

“High-profile cases in recent years of violence against women, including murders in public spaces, also highlight the issues females continue to experience when alone in public and the decisions they make to stay safe - including how, when and if they should be exercise outdoors.”

Read more about this issue here:

👉 https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/womens-perception-of-safety-when-exercising-outdoors

Canterbury has a Safer Streets project. And the university has a SafeZone app.

You can find out more here:

👉 https://saferstreetscanterbury.com/

SafeZone

👉 https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/our-students/ug-current/support-services/health-and-safety/safety-support-and-safezone-app

Be Safe!

Liz ✒️