How to safely intervene if you witness street harassment?

Ninety per cent of women from minority backgrounds have been harassed in public. Here's what you can do?

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In the wake of #metoo, it's time we stop asking, "Why didn't she just say no?" about women who've been sexually harassed or abused. Source: Getty / Getty Images

A new campaign aims to reduce street harassment by teaching those who witness it how to safely intervene.
conducted by market research company Ipsos finding 78 per cent of women in Australia have experienced harassment in public spaces.
That rate rises to 90 per cent among women who identify as being members of at least two minorities – including those who are Indigenous, in another racial minority, have a disability, are part of the LGBTQI+ community, or earn a very low income.

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By Cassandra Bain, Amy Hall
Presented by Rehan Alavi
Source: SBS


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