At least one in five girls in the UK experience physical or sexual harassment for the first time before the age of 12, shocking new research has suggested.
The findings from girls’ rights charity Plan International UK also said the vast majority (87 per cent) of girls and young women in the UK aged between 16 and 24 have received unwanted comments about their appearance, such as catcalling and intrusive remarks, adding such experiences have become “normalised” in childhood.
