Petition · past parliament
Criminalise Public Sexual Harassment
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Women and girls do not feel safe in this "developed" nation and the fact that sexual harassment is not yet a crime enables the behaviour that we deeply fear.
We demand for specific laws to be put in place to criminalise public sexual harassment.
We demand for specific laws to be put in place to criminalise public sexual harassment.
In a study conducted by UN Women UK, it was found that 97% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually harassed in a public space. A further 96% of these women said that they did not report their experience as they did not believe it would change anything.
Moreover, this starts young, with plan international UK reporting that more than 1 in 3 girls in the UK have faced unwanted sexual attention while wearing their school uniform in public.
Moreover, this starts young, with plan international UK reporting that more than 1 in 3 girls in the UK have faced unwanted sexual attention while wearing their school uniform in public.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
Timeline
| 13 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.