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Family of Zara Aleena Warn Women Remain Unsafe at Third Anniversary Vigil

Highlighting gaps in funding together with entrenched misogyny, campaigners question if the government’s renewed pledge to halve violence against women in ten years can be met.

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Overview

  • At Sunday’s vigil in Ilford, Zara Aleena’s family retraced her final steps to spotlight persistent dangers facing women on UK streets.
  • Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones and Health Secretary Wes Streeting used the event to reaffirm the government’s goal of halving violence against women within a decade.
  • Vigil organisers acknowledge recent reforms in probation oversight, emergency call handling and risk-assessment tools but warn these measures need systemic investment to be effective.
  • Campaigners say chronic underfunding of probation, social housing, mental health and specialist support services, coupled with entrenched misogyny, threatens meaningful progress.
  • Bereaved relatives of Sabina Nessa and Jan Mustafa joined calls for coordinated institutional action and a cultural shift to prevent future deaths.