Women across the country are "scared" to leave their homes after dark over fears they will be attacked.
23-year-old Tanya Kirwan is just one young woman who says she feels unsafe walking the streets alone when she leaves her Anfield home during the dark nights.
It comes after a 23-year-old teacher from Ireland, Ashling Murphy, was killed while going for a run along the banks of the Grand Canal in Cappincur, Tullamore.
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The killing has provoked an outpouring of grief as well as anger and fear at yet another young women allegedly attacked while going about her own business.
Tanya is hosting a vigil in memory of Ashling Murphy after she was shocked to hear of another young woman attacked, and wants to raise awareness that women do not deserve to feel unsafe.
She told the ECHO : "I honestly don't feel safe at all. I do nursing in university and we have to go to placement for 7am so I have to leave my house at 5.30am and it's scary.
"My partner drops me off to the bus stop but what about girls who have to walk? How can they feel safe walking through the city when it's still so dark out.
"Ashling was murdered in broad daylight and that just struck a cord with me.
"She was doing everything the media tells women to do to stay safe and she was still attacked.
"It shouldn't be about women protecting themselves, it should be about teaching men not to attack women.
"It shouldn't be a problem we have to face, men are attacking us. When we were in school we got talks about violence and how to keep ourselves safe.
"I went to an all girls school but the all boys school never received any talks like that. There needs to be education for younger men on how to respect women.
"It's an unnecessary worry. One man said that the young girl could run away and she still got attacked and he was worried for his daughter who was in a wheelchair."
The vigil will be held at University Square, L69 3GJ at 7pm on January 16.
Tanya added: "Liverpool has such a big Irish following and I'm hoping her family see that there are people supporting them and women can come together.
"I hope it raises awareness of just how many women feel unsafe. It's not ok, something needs to change."
Police arrested a man following the attack, although he has since been released and is no longer a suspect in the case, the Irish Mirror reports.
A number of vigils have been held across Northern Ireland including in Belfast, Londonderry, Newry, Coleraine, Strabane and other locations.
Tanya hopes the Liverpool community can support the grieving family and make a stand against women feeling unsafe.
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