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Bristol Post
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Ross Millen

Bristol City Council tackles sexual harassment towards women with new 'it's not ok' posters

Bristol City Council has helped re-enforce the new Bristol Nights campaign, which tackles sexual harassment towards women, with a new poster campaign in the city centre.

The new "it's not ok" posters have been placed in various locations across the city to try and educate people on the forms of sexual harassment that a woman can encounter and what is considered "not ok".

Unwanted forms of harassment listed on the poster include: flirting, catcalling, compliments, hugs, jokes, touching, little kisses, attention, staring, photos, drinking, out-numbering a woman, grinding, grabbing or groping.

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The posters also go on to state that "97 per cent of women in the UK have been sexually harassed." It then adds in big bold writing "if it's unwanted, it's not ok" before linking to a QR code for the Bristol Nights campaign.

The campaign is designed to ask men to consider a "am I being a creep?" approach and question whether their behaviour is acceptable or not.

Another part of the Bristol Night campaign looks at training night time economy businesses. There are plans to train 1,000 people in the nightlife industry to identify and put a stop to all kinds of harassment of women.

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People in the city are also being encouraged to call it out. Everyone plays an active part in protecting women in the city and if you're a bystander witnessing it, you're encouraged to tell them it's not ok.

Previously the Bristol Nights campaign helped light up the centre of Bristol as part of the ongoing campaign to shine a light on the issue of sexual harassment of women in the city.

Two processions of scores of people, carrying bright, multi-coloured illuminated poles, marched through the city centre and met up at Pero's Bridge in a stunningly visual protest earlier this month designed to capture people's attention.

It was part of a wider campaign to highlight women's safety and improve the measures in place to help them. The parade was just one part of a city-wide campaign to raise awareness and demonstrate the solidarity of a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment, the new poster's being another part of the campaign.

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