Rejected petition Make public sexual harassment illegal

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

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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

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578940

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/

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Date submitted 13 March 2021
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