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A clip from Belgian film student Sofie Peeters' documentary Femme de la Rue shows how she is openly sexually harassed by men on the streets of Brussels. Peeters' film has had wide ramifications in Belgium, with some politicians promising more legislation against street harassment of women. Others accuse her of racism, because most of the men in her film are of immigrant origin.
The documentary started to created a big buzz around the globe:
French Twitter users started to use a hashtag (#harcelementderue) to collect the testimonies.
People started to storify the buzz:
Harcèlement de rue: sur Twitter, les femmes brisent le silence
Comment parler du harcèlement de rue sans tomber dans le racisme ?
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