The effort, which will see the group lead a walk from Queen's University to City Hall on November 6, is being spearheaded by the Walkie Talkie Girlies Society, which was founded to assist young women in feeling safer when out and about in Belfast.

It was set up because one of its co-founders, Aisling Cannon (20), from Co Donegal, felt insecure walking back from the city centre one evening.

Aisling felt vulnerable after being approached by an unidentified male while she was waiting for a bus.

"Taxis were expensive, buses were full or cancelled, and I just didn't feel comfortable walking back from the city centre all the way to Elms on my own," the woman remarked.

Eventually, Aisling went up to a different group of students and asked if she might accompany them on their trip back.

She continued, "They really did make the situation so much better for me." And it was at that pivotal time that I realised this is what the pupils require.

Women require a group of people to stroll with in order to feel protected.

Along with fellow classmate Georgia Salmons, Aisling co-founded the group (22). And in just a single year, it has expanded from a group of young ladies who went on walks together for safety to one that raises money for groups that support women and gives the women in the group the confidence to take charge of their own safety.

Currently, the organisation is leading Project Pink, which, according to Aisling, will see activists, members of the public, and representatives of charities walk from Queen's into the city centre while wearing pink.

Their goal is to have a pink light show at City Hall and the university in the process, and a council decision is anticipated on Friday.