A group of cyclists is being led across London by the Bishop of Willesden to highlight the responsibilities men bear in ending all forms of violence against women and girls.
The Rt Revd Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy gets pedalling on November 29 to “take a stand against male violence” and remind the public who is responsible for perpetrating it.
This “cycle of events” follows Queen Camilla in ITV’s Behind Closed Doors documentary calling for more people to “discuss domestic violence and put an end to it”.
The ‘Bishop on a Bike’ protest, which starts at St Mary’s Church in Willesden at 9am on November 29, will stop at iconic London landmarks.
First is the Houses of Parliament, calling for legislation and responsibility to address male violence. The route ends at 1pm at the Royal Greenwich Observatory to symbolise Onjali Rauf’s novel The Star Outside My Window, with its story of domestic violence seen from a child’s perspective.
Campaigners are inviting people from all walks of life to cycle on a journey to make change, for “a world where women and children live free from daily abuse”.
Bishop Lusa was consecrated in 2022 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, having been ordained in 2008.
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