In my capacity as a journalist, I've done a lot of reporting about violence against women and girls. And in my capacity as someone extremely online, I've been talking a lot on Instagram and TikTok about violence against women and girls.

And as a lesbian approaching middle age, I've long enjoyed cycling absolutely everywhere.

So I'm combining two of my passions - trying to put a stop to violent misogyny and cycling - by heading from Dunkirk, France, up through Belgium up to Amsterdam. It'll involve:

- 340km of travelling

- 13kg of bike

- 13kg of gubbins I will most certainly need with me

- Me

- Many dikes

- A few random campsites

I do not want anyone to feel any pressure to donate, but if you are at all inclined, I think EVAW is a very worthy cause.

EVAW is a leading coalition of 163 specialist women's support services, researchers, activists, victim-survivors and NGOs working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.

1 in 4 women have been raped or sexually assaulted since the age of 16. A woman is killed by a man in the UK every three days. I know we as a society are completely outraged by this and I also know that EVAW are at the forefront of changing things for the better.

PS I appreciate violence against men is a huge issue - I have no doubt that the work EVAW does also help push towards a society where all men's violence is tackled - keeping everyone safer.

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