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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Mischa Anouk Smith

1.5 Million Young UK Women Face Harassment — And Still, No Action From the Government

Women march against sex-based harassment .

Two years after the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act passed, the Government still hasn’t made it enforceable. In that time, an estimated 1.5 million young women have faced harassment on UK streets.

Exactly two years ago today, Parliament passed a landmark bill. It felt like a turning point: finally, a legal safeguard against the kind of public harassment girls and young women face daily. That law still hasn’t come into effect.

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