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Zambia: Street Harassment – Women Fight Back

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Driving to work I heard a call-in radio show about a woman who had been stripped naked in the streets because her dress was seen as indecent. Not one of the perpetrators of the stripping had been arrested, even though witnesses had taken photos and videos and posted them all over social media. Callers expressed the opinion that the woman had gotten what she deserved. "Women have gone too far with their dressing; a woman's thighs are only for her husband to see," one caller said. So upset by this and similar comments, for the rest of the day all I did was research ways I could do somet

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