Livestream: Wagga women rally for #March4Justice

The #March4Justice is a national movement sparked by sparked by academic and feminist Janine Hendry who was upset by the government's reaction to Brittany Higgins, a woman who was allegedly raped in Parliament House by a fellow ministerial staffer.

The hub will be a rally in Canberra on Monday with names being tallied for a petition seeking justice for gendered workplace violence.

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But cities and towns throughout the country have organised their own events to lend their voices to the cause, including Wagga.

COVID registration started at 11.45am this morning, with the march kicking off at 12pm from the Wagga Station.

At the end of the walk down Baylis Street, a rally will be held at the Wollundry Lagoon Amphitheatre.

One of the organisers, Peita Vincent, told The Daily Advertiser that all people deserve respect, justice, fairness and equality, and women deserve to feel safe at home, work and in the community.

This, coupled with the desire to give regional women a voice, inspired her to help organise the Wagga chapter of the event.

"With the recent reports of gendered violence occurring at Parliament House ... I think we are seeing that women are angry and they are frustrated," Ms Vincent said.

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