Curfew - is there a radical fix for violence against women?

Would a curfew for men pb to little unit against women and girls?

That’s the provocative question astatine the bosom of Curfew, the caller play bid connected Paramount+.

Set successful a dystopian future, the amusement imagines a nine wherever each men unrecorded nether The Women’s Safety Act and are subjected to a government-imposed curfew from 19:00 to 07:00, with their movements tracked 24/7 by ankle tags.

The goal? To drastically trim unit against women.

However, arsenic the bid unfolds, the find of a murdered pistillate during curfew hours casts uncertainty connected the effectiveness of the policy, raising broader questions astir the limits of specified measures.

The show, which is based connected the caller After Dark by Jayne Cowie, follows Helen, a section teacher who is played by Alexandra Burke.

Known for her philharmonic talents since her X Factor days, Burke takes connected a much superior relation arsenic a analyzable quality who doesn't ever marque the close decisions.

Burke shares: "There’s a batch of fearfulness you consciousness from conscionable being a pistillate sometimes.

"I decidedly thought it would beryllium a speech starter – determination volition beryllium plentifulness of radical who hold and plentifulness who disagree with it [a curfew connected men].

"You truly can't tar each antheral with the aforesaid brush, not each antheral is going to beryllium a information to women – truthful that's wherefore it's a fantastic conception [for a TV show]."

Curfew aims to delve into this conflict, questioning whether surface-level solutions tin genuinely code the deep-rooted complexities of gender-based violence.

A seasoned constabulary officer, Green is determined to bring the perpetrator of the execution to justice.

But with societal assumptions placing men astatine the centre of convulsive crime, she faces scepticism from colleagues who situation the conception that lone men tin beryllium violent.

Executive shaper Nathalie Peter-Contesse explains the creators' vision: “The amusement is trying to displacement the work of the information of women connected to men and the government.

"What would it look similar if for erstwhile women didn't person to look implicit their shoulder? If they didn’t person to marque definite they weren't retired precocious astatine night?

“[In existent life] determination is an effectual curfew connected women due to the fact that if we spell retired unsocial aft midnight and thing happens to us, radical accidental ‘what was she doing?’

“This is an contented that plagues nine that shows nary motion of being fixed.”

She added: “It's absorbing to spot however overmuch men would beryllium consenting to sacrifice their ain freedoms and prime of beingness to support their wives and daughters.”

Debates astir women's information stay a captious taxable crossed the world.

Following the execution of Sarah Everard successful 2021, Baroness Jenny Jones sparked contention successful the UK erstwhile she suggested an 18:00 curfew for men successful the House of Lords, arguing it would “make women a batch safer, and trim favoritism crossed the board".

She aboriginal clarified that the thought was symbolic alternatively than literal.

However, portion immoderate dismissed the connection arsenic extreme, others saw it arsenic a mode to item however often women indispensable change their behaviour for safety.

In July the National Police Chief's Council declared violence against women and girls a "national emergency" aft it was revealed that implicit one million VAWG-related (Violence Against Women and Girls) crimes were recorded successful England and Wales successful 2022-23, constituting 20% of each crimes documented by the police.

The Labour authorities precocious announced plans to halve unit against women and girls implicit the adjacent decade, focusing connected reforms that emphasise acquisition and the accountability of perpetrators.

In countries specified arsenic Switzerland and Spain, physics ankle monitors, which are besides utilized successful Curfew, person been used connected home unit offenders.

A aviator strategy besides took spot successful London successful 2021.

In summation to exploring the underlying factors contributing to unit against women and the measures to forestall it, Curfew besides questions whether women are susceptible of convulsive acts, challenging accepted sex norms.

The amusement features an ensemble cast, including Larry Lamb, Bobby Brazier, and Mandip Gill.

Curfew is disposable to watercourse connected Paramount+ from the 10 October.