Make public sexual harassment illegal

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To make public sexual harassment illegal. Me and many other women in the UK have faced public sexual harassment through the forms of catcalling, groping and many more. Change needs to happen and this needs to be a punishable offence. Enough is enough

97% of young women in the UK have been sexually harassed. We as women want the government to take action and make this a punishable offence. We should not live our life in fear change needs to happen

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

Sexual harassment could already involve certain offences. If you have been the victim of a crime you should contact the police here: https://www.police.uk/contact/

Timeline

13 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Mar 2021

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