Overview
- Provinces and municipalities switched landmarks to orange and launched activities, including Utrecht’s bus‑shelter posters and Eindhoven’s exhibitions, to highlight women’s safety in public spaces.
- The Province of Noord-Holland announced plans to map unsafe routes and explore a public reporting point for socially unsafe locations, linking symbolism to concrete improvements.
- Haarlem started a “Recognize the Signals” effort urging residents to act on red flags of abuse, developed with partners including Blijf Groep, Veilig Thuis, Reclassering Nederland and police.
- WOMEN Inc., LINDA. and LINDA.meiden delivered a petition with more than 33,000 signatures to MPs calling for a coordinated national action plan to stop violence against women.
- The Justice Ministry’s ‘Waar ben je?’ campaign urges recognition of coercive control and directs concerns to Veilig Thuis, as new tributes—Rotterdam’s A Minute of Shelter and a national monument in Winschoten—commemorate victims and raise awareness.