Sexual Harassment in Brazil Starts at Age Nine. Here's What One Group Is Doing About It.
Sexual Harassment in Brazil Starts at Age Nine. Here's What One Group Is Doing About It.
An innovative social media campaign in Brazil encourages women to speak out.
Nine years old. That’s the average age that, according to Brazilian NGO Think Olga, Brazilian females are first subjected to sexual harassment. Think Olga uncovered the startling number as part of a Twitter campaign called #primeiroassedio (#firstharassment), which encourages women to use social media to recount their first experience of sexual assault or harassment. To date, some 3,000 women in Brazil have come forward.
Sexual harassment and violence against women is pervasive across countries, borders and cultures – from catcalling to sexual gestures to physical assault. In Brazil...
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