00:00A sea of purple, as Territorians turn out in droves to make the call.
00:14Celebrating every win, together.
00:16Happy when I see my science class, it's mostly women.
00:20Having all the freedom to decide for yourself.
00:24People from all backgrounds sweating in solidarity.
00:26I come from an island community, where it was just the strength of the women that built
00:32not only the community, but the family as well, to keep them together.
00:36Men too, joining the march.
00:38It's definitely important for them to show up for these sort of things, to show that
00:40we're all united for women's rights.
00:44International Women's Day is a day for women's voices to be uplifted, but here in the face
00:48of the NT's domestic violence epidemic, many of these women feel their voices go unheard.
00:55Catherine marked the day with a more solemn march.
00:58Stop the violence!
01:00In the second half of last year alone, four women were killed by men known to them in
01:04the Catherine region.
01:06And the Territory has the highest rates of domestic violence in the country.
01:11Our forefathers never beat our foremothers, and now here we are today, because of so many
01:17other issues that are involved in becoming this way.
01:22They change their attitude, their behaviour.
01:26These are the root problems that we have to solve.
01:31Feelings echoed in Darwin.
01:33The leading cause of death and disability for women aged 18 to 44 is domestic violence.
01:38We just need more resources basically, there's such a huge need, and the band-aid approach
01:43doesn't work.
01:45Celebrating wins in womanhood, in the face of harsh realities.
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