Today’s rally also showed a sad reality- most protestors hid their faces with facial masks/sunglasses/hats for fear of being identified by male acquaintances & becoming a subject of relentless sexual harassment/online trolling that had targeted many past women’s rights protestors pic.twitter.com/MDGviEHWya
— Hawon Jung (@allyjung) June 9, 2018
- In Seoul, South Korea, a demonstration of 22,000 women was organized to speak out against an epidemic of video voyeurism crimes, called molka, committed against women using public toilets, with the resulting “spycam porn” being uploaded to the internet. It was the largest women’s demonstration in the country’s history.
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reversed a ruling by an US immigrations appeal court that had allowed a domestic violence victim from El Salvador, where law enforcement does not protect women from abusive husbands, to claim asylum in the United States. The move is expected to set a precedent of refusal for all such claims.
- Four in ten UK domestic violence refuges are likely to have to close in 2020 if women are no longer allowed to use housing benefits to reimburse providers.
- The Liberal government passed a motion to repeal Canada’s prostitution laws, which decriminalize those who sell sex, and criminalize pimps, johns, and brothel owners. Protect the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA)!