BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty has shared her fears about wearing glamorous outfits – as she highlighted an important discussion about women’s safety.
The news presenter has joined the BBC‘s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign in a bid to raise awareness on the subject.
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Naga, along with her production team, Madeleine Briggs, Laura Yates and Samhar Gowar, went on a night out with a group of students in Leeds as part of the series on women’s safety.
The presenter expressed how important it is to have these conversations with each other, including her male colleagues in a discussion on her BBC Radio 5 Live show.
The students explained how unsafe they felt, as they admitted that they have changed the way they dress to avoid unwanted attention.
But Naga also shared that she felt unsafe as she explained how she changes her outfits when she is heading out alone.
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The star explained: “If I were going out on my own to a to do for example and know that I was coming home on my own, I would think about what I was wearing.”
“I had an evening where it was dressy and typically I would wear a jumpsuit or maybe a low cut dress and heels. I had quite a bit of angst in terms of how was I going to get home because it was going be a late night.”
Naga admitted that she takes some trainers to be able to walk in and be more stable. Adding, that it got her angry that she was thinking about “all these other extra things that women have to think about”.
“So the size of my handbag, the coat I was wearing to make sure it was covering me up even though it wasn’t particularly cold night, how I was getting home, who I was going to text the taxi number to and who was going to make sure knew that I’d got into a taxi so my journey was covered both ends.
Naga admitted she worries about wearing heels when she is out and takes trainers with her for safetyGetty
“All those things and it caused quite a bit of angst when I was thinking about the run up to this night out.”
Naga went on to say the conversation surrounding women’s safety needs to spoken about more and people’s experiences need to be listened to in order to spark change.
And on Wednesday she shared her joy at the response the broadcast had, writing on Twitter: “We had an amazing response from listeners today – Thank you all for engaging with us @bbc5live Listen back on @BBCSounds 11am – 1om x.”