Women's rights activists in France, Iran and Turkey told ABC News that Maxwell's conviction has ignited hope for many victims that they might be able find justice as well.
A jury voted to convict the longtime associate of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on five of six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of underage girls.is resonating beyond the borders of the U.S. and the U.K. where the high-profile figures connected to the case reside.
The new “model," she believes, will take the burden off the survivors' shoulders both in the public minds and in the legal system. Instead of blaming, survivors must be listened to, a switch of focus that has already started from #MeToo. Ghavami is the founder of the Harasswatch website, which has become a forum for public dialogue on sexual violence and harassment against women and other marginalized groups.Women from the group NousToutes protest against sexual violence and patriarchy, Nov. 21, 2021, in Toulouse, France.
Iranian women had their #MeToo moment last year by taking over social media and sharing their personal accounts of being harassed, a few years after the global wave of the movement.
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