Overview
- Hundreds joined a march through central Rotterdam organized by Dolle Mina Rotterdam to highlight women’s safety, femicide and domestic violence.
- Speakers in Rotterdam included authors and family-law attorneys Arianne Hendriks and Ingrid Vledder, and Wim Hertgers, father of 2023 femicide victim Sanne Hertgers.
- In Arnhem, a traveling truck screened the short film Het ligt aan mij with a photo of Sanne Hertgers, portraying an escalating intimate relationship to prompt discussion.
- Reporting cited that in the Netherlands a woman is killed roughly every eight days, often by her (ex-)partner, underscoring the push for earlier recognition of warning signs.
- Police Oost-Nederland’s Sara Cremers stressed open conversations with men and women, while other cities held related events, and Amsterdam’s organizers said about 15,000 people marched.