Speech by Council leader Jane Meagher

Labour councillor Lezley Marion Cameron and Council Leader Jane Meagher have come out to speak to women

Council meeting now hearing deputations from Edinburgh Women's Aid and the Vice Chair of the Equally Safe Edinburgh Committee.

You can watch the live webcast here:

For completeness, Conservative Councillor Marie-Claire Munro also came out to speak with women.

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Good to see the leader out meeting women protesting & stating her support for good practice when supporting female survivors of male violence.👏🏻

@PGtwweets Good for them. Really pleased to see this.

Feel quite tearful watching that 💜

Cllr Meagher was herself quite emotional as she spoke.

🙏✌ #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

Quite emotional - well done all!

@CallieMac66 Well done!