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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Bar for street sexual harassment offences in England and Wales set too high, charities say

Protesters march to Parliament Square in London against harassment of women and girls, on 3 April 2021.
Protesters march to Parliament Square in London against harassment of women and girls, on 3 April 2021. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Proposals to tackle sexual harassment in the street in England and Wales do not go far enough because the bar for offences has been set too high, charities have warned.

The Fawcett Society, Girl Guiding and Refuge are among organisations who say the requirement to prove perpetrators intended to cause alarm or distress undermines the provisions of two bills intended to protect women and girls going through parliament.

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