4 d. ago Strictly's Shirley Ballas says 'it's quite bizarre' as she reveals real impact of stalking ordeal

The Strictly Come Dancing judge previously said she'll 'never feel completely safe again'

Economics

8 d. ago Palestinian in Louis Theroux documentary describes months of harassment by settlers and Israeli soldiers

‘I don’t feel safe in my own house,’ activist Issa Amro tells The Independent following months of targeting after appearing in Theroux’s film The Settlers

Events

8 d. ago Three words that mean a person with dementia might not 'feel safe'

Mood changes, such as heightened irritability, anxiety, and depression, are potential symptoms of dementia

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1 week ago Woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint by intruder she'd never met

'Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home and this horrific incident is every woman’s worst nightmare'

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2 w. ago Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors

Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior ministerGermany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.“We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. “We are committed to clear consequences and consistent enforcement. Women should feel safe and be able to move freely everywhere.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical | Gaby Hinsliff

It is uncomfortable to watch royals appealing to the nation’s best instincts while an elected government feels compelled to chase our worstEvery child has the right to feel safe, loved and as if they belong.Put like that, there is nothing remotely radical about what the Princess of Wales used her first public speech since recovering from cancer to say: that families need consistently nurturing environments to flourish; that the world could actually use a bit more tenderness; that we are all responsible for the culture in which future generations grow up; and that (as she told an audience of blue-chip employers) caring for others is work deserving of respect. It’s the reasons why those motherhood-and-apple-pie values don’t always prevail in real life, rather than the values themselves, that are generally too contentious for the carefully apolitical royals. Yet what were once safe, bland nothings are increasingly no longer so – and not just because of the awkward shadow now cast over ...

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3 w. ago The brutal reality of sexism, misogyny and online hate facing Scotland’s girls – and what NEEDS to change

CAMPAIGNERS have hit out after girls who opened up about feeling unsafe in Scotland were subjected to vile abuse. New research from Girlguiding Scotland revealed that 44 per cent of young females don’t feel safe being outside by themselves. And on the back of the survey, a group of girls, aged 14 to 22, pulled...

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3 w. ago Scared staff 'no longer feel safe' going to work next to old hotel housing homeless people

A number of firms have lodged objections against the former Ibis hotel in Cardiff being used to house homeless people and some said they may leave

Society

3 w. ago NHS worker fined £500k over woman who 'predicted her own death'

Alice Figueiredo's parents said she did not feel safe in the secure mental health hospital she was being treated in

Economics

4 w. ago The Guardian view on the assault of Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum: when a president is groped, no woman can feel safe | Editorial

A shocking incident should become an opportunity to address broader problems of misogyny What does the experience of women at the top tell us about the rest? Those most vulnerable to sexual harassment, assault and abuse are, unsurprisingly, those who have less power or are treated with less respect: undocumented migrants; women in precarious employment; women with disabilities; LGBTQ women; young women and girls.Paradoxically, that helps to explain why the assault of Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has drawn such outrage domestically and internationally. A drunken man tried to kiss her neck and grabbed her chest as she spoke to citizens in the capital’s streets. It is the proof, captured on camera, that no woman is safe. You can be the most powerful person in the land and a man will still feel entitled to grope you, in front of the world, because you are a woman. When you object, some will complain that you are taking it too seriously, or that it is all made up. As Ms Sheinba...

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4 w. ago Shoppers 'don't feel safe' as third city centre stabbing in a month leaves woman fighting for life after being knifed in the neck at bus stop by 'random attacker'

The victim, aged in her 30s, suffered a 'serious injury' in the attack that unfolded in Birmingham city centre shortly before 9pm last night.

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