Three years since women marched to reclaim Melbourne's Merri Creek trail following a brutal sexual assault, ongoing harassment is prompting concerns that not enough has changed.
. It was one in a series of sexual assaults in the northern suburbs in the years preceding, and a flashpoint for women.Merri-Bek council pledged action, commissioning Monash University's XYX Lab in early 2020 to survey local women and produce recommendations for change.
In its formal responses to the report, the council did not indicate it planned to introduce lighting at the underpass, where police are investigating a recently reported sexual offence. A three-month data collection initiative by XYX Lab and Crowdspot in 2021 asked women to self-report spots in Melbourne where they felt safe or unsafe.Several said awareness of the 2019 attack was continuing to inform how they experienced the track. Others cited personal experiences of harassment and assault on the creek.Between October 2019 and September 2022, Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency recorded at least 29 crimes against the person along the creek.
"I haven't noticed any changes on the Merri [since the rally]," the 44-year-old community lawyer said.Melbourne University criminologist Bianca Fileborn lives near the Merri Creek.
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