Taya Fast

By Taya Fast

PG women march against gender-based violence

Sep 23, 2021 | 11:15 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Around 100 women marched in honour of those who have not survived violence and for those who have. Thursday night was the 30th annual Take Back the Night event, a global movement of women standing up against gender-based and sexual violence.

“Tonight is all about women coming together to be able to just assert ourselves that everyone, every human being has the right to be able to walk and be safe within our community,” said one of the Organizing Committee Members, Dawn Heminway.

Among the crowd were many generations of women who have been marching for years, some since the first march in Prince George, back in 1992.

Spruce Kings fall in Langley to Rivermen

13h ago

Sexual Assault and Harassment

Judge to rule on Canada Post employee's sexual assault and harassment case

Dec 13, 2025

Weather Alerts

Freezing rain warning issued for Prince George-area, snowfall warning remains for Williston, Pine Pass

Dec 13, 2025

“Take Back the Night is one of my favorite childhood memories, watching my mother and other powerful women in my life roar. As a mother of four daughters, and one son, it is important to me to bring my daughters now and they are here with me tonight,” said another member of the Organizing Committee, Danielle Joiner.

Mayor Lynn Hall was one of the many speakers at the event, saying that he is sadly aware of the violence in Prince George.

Take back the night welcomes allies, but the march was dedicated to a very specific demographic.

“We ask that men stay by the booth and welcome us back on our return so we can march as women. We shouldn’t have to have men escort us in order to be safe. We should be able to move through our community safely as women, and right now we can’t,” added Joiner.

According to the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canadian women are at greater risk of domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment, and sex trafficking. And Indigenous women are killed at rate six times higher than non-Indigenous women.

“Huge question is the highway of tears and just the crime of what has happened to indigenous women and children – our voices need to be heard and that is why we are here today,” added Heminway.

The march was lead downtown towards the courthouse where a minute of silence was held in honour of all the women who have lost their lives to violence.