Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately. They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
many of you think christian fanaticism starts and ends with churches like the lords chosen and deeper life but many of you are who attend these hippie Lagos churches with cool pastors are some of the worst fanatics i have met.
only difference is you wear makeup and wigs.
My unpopular opinion is that Nigeria needs to stop! We need to pause and acknowledge the trauma we are living through. Unions need to go on strike. Everyone needs to take a week long moment of silence. Going on like nothing is happening, is inhumane and insane. Phew!
@kellybonito_BU "it's against the law"
If I ask you to explain that law or where you can find it you'd start fidgeting like the dumbass you are. Omo just be homophobic abeg no dey talk about any yeye law.
guess what guys? this is where the 'women divide families and ruin frienshships' trope comes from. because if he gets a girlfriend or wife now that sets and enforces boundaries, they'll say she divided the family or ruined the friendship he had with his guys.
seen this a lot, also cos many men are cowards when it comes to their friends and families. they'll whine and complain to their lovers all the time but they'll never enforce boundaries. if she helps him do it, she becomes the bad person while he remains the good guy.