Farah Naz said it was important 'not to shy away, not to look the other way but to confront'.
About 150 people attended the vigil at Valentine's Park in Ilford.
"But it's also important not just to grieve; it's important to protest and that's what this is. It's multi-faceted; it's saying 'we wont have this anymore and we support this family and this community that have fallen to the ground'."The suffering is immense. We are finding a way how [to deal with the trauma] and today the community and society, the press and the leaders, they support us.
"So many of these cases of women who've been murdered in a public space in the last few years have really impacted all of us, our perceptions of safety, and we are already making so many considerations with this threat of men's violence in mind," she said. She added they were looking for systemic change across society which acknowledged how devastating male violence can be.
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