Sabina Nessa five years on: "She changed the world"
Teacher Sabina was killed as she made her way to the pub to meet friends for a drink
"She changed the world." That's how MP Jess Philips is remembering 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa, five years on from her murder in South East London.
Sabina left her home to make a five minute walk to meet friends at a local pub in Kidbrooke, but she never arrived.
Instead, while she was walking through Cator Park, Sabina was murdered by Koci Selemaj.
He attacked her with a blunt instrument, before dragging her into some bushes where she was strangled.
Her body, which was covered by grass, was found the next day.
Selemaj later admitted Sabina's murder and during sentencing, it was heard that he had travelled from Eastbourne to London, specifically to attack a stranger.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years.
MP Jess Philips says Sabina Nessa 'changed the world'
On the five year anniversary of her death, we've been speaking to MP Jess Phillips, a long-time campaigner for women’s safety:
“Women like Sabina Nessa changed the world. They made the world sit up and care about this.
“As I’ve said to Sabina’s family and Sara Everard’s family when I’ve met them and the family of Mina Smallman and her two daughters – in every one of those cases there have been policy changes.
“There's lots of law and policy that has changed, but that's nothing compared to the change that those women's stories and their families' activism, which has changed so much more.
“It has made the people in our country care much, much more about and put violence against women and girls at the heart of public policy.”
But the MP says there’s much more work to be done:
Women are still at risk on the streets, in their homes, in their workplaces. Men are still getting away with treating women poorly and not facing justice that they deserve.
“My husband doesn't ever text his friends when he leaves the pub to let them know he got home safe. And until the day that I also don't have to do that in my own life, then there's still more work to be done.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on the impact of the 'manosphere'
"Every three days across our country a woman is killed at the hands of a man.
"We have an epidemic of violence against women and girls so of course we've got to think about Sabina and her family.
"We've got to start early, nobody's born a misogynist, nobody's born violent against women. And so we're making sure that in our primary schools and secondary schools, working with young people.
We've got a project to tackle the issue of the manosphere - I'm really worried about the manosphere, the impact that has on young people.
Wes Streeting says it's everyone's responsibility to take on sexism, mysogony and violence
We aksed Government minister Wes Streeting wbout what the government has done in the five years since Sabina was killed.
"I think we've seen far too many high-profile cases of women being harmed or killed at the hands of their partners and abusers.
"Government has to play our part (..)but this is also a whole society challenge.
"All of us have a responsibility to be upstanders, not bystanders, when it comes to sexism, misogyny and violence.
"When we see it, we report it and that we, particularly men and boys, take responsibility for our own actions."