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Make catcalling and street harassment a punishable offence.

Submitted on Wednesday 24th April 2019

Published on Wednesday 22nd May 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 1,279

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BBC ~ New Zealand ~ Portugal ~ UK

Petition Action

Make catcalling and street harassment a punishable offence.

Petition Details

We all have the right to feeling safe in public spaces. If street harassment is criminalized this could reduce the number of incidents of non-consensual touching and unsolicited sexual attention experienced in public. France, Portugal, and Belgium all have legislation in place, so why don't we?

Additional Information

Campaigns such as Catcalls of London: http://bit.ly/catcallsofldn
help to highlight the extent of the problem, as does Hollaback!, Stop Street Harassment and Safe and the City to name a few.
Out of 3000 submissions of stories I have received 72% were under 17, 60% were wearing a school uniform, and 100% of the perpetrators were adults males.
France imposed first fine for street harassment last year:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45643864
and Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand all have legislation in place.


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