Initiatives
“Report it to stop it” campaign
CLEA PRIETO
Overview
- Location: London, UK
- Year: 2015
- Initiator: Transport for London
Goal
To encourage women and everyone in general to report sexual harassment to the authorities.
Measure
London transport authorities carried out a study in which they identified that only 10% of women reported sexual harassment suffered while using the underground to the authorities.
As a result, London Tube launched a campaign in 2015 in which they published a promotional video giving instructions on how to report sexual harassment easily. The video had a huge impact.
Outcome
The one-minute video has had more than 25 million views on YouTube alone. It has also been shared on social media and has reached young people in a series of educational sessions in schools and universities.
In 2017, a new stage of the campaign was launched with a video promoting the message: Every Report Builds a Picture.
The ‘Report it to Stop it’ campaign has directly led to more than a thousand arrests of people who have sexually harassed others in the public transport network, according to TfL’s analysis of the programme.
Sources:
[1] Press article on Mashable.
https://mashable.com/2015/04/14/tube-sexual-harassment-campaign/?europe=true
[2] Press article on PRWeek.
https://www.prweek.com/article/1450701/case-study-transport-london-sexual-harassment-campaign-leads-1200-arrests