Petition · past parliament

Make sexism a hate crime across the UK and in all institutions

Closed 29 signatures

What the petition asks

Sexism is not yet legally a hate crime which is making court cases difficult due to no specific law dictating what counts as sexist abuse. Nottingham is already attempting to make it a hate crime but this will not be effective until it is on a big scale.

Timeline

20 Sep 2016 Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 29
Status Closed
Opened 20 Sep 2016
Closed 20 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.