INDIA AND ITS #ME TOO MOVEMENT 2020 – WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WOMEN NAMED AND SHAMED THEIR ABUSERS, MOST OF WHOM HELD POWERFUL POSITIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS INCLUDING POLITICS, BOLLYWOOD, JOURNALISM, AND MEDIA. DESPITE THE ANTICIPATED BACKLASH, HATE MESSAGES, AND THE TABOO ATTACHED TO BEING A VICTIM, WOMEN IN LARGE NUMBERS CAME OUT WITH THEIR ACCOUNTS OF HARASSMENT AND ABUSE. The "me-too" was foundered for supporting the survivor and victim of sexual violence in 2006, Particularly black women and girls were the ones to find this movement and later on other young women of color from low wealth communities joined to as it was a path to justice and healing. From the beginning, the vision was to address both the dearth in resources for survivors and victims of sexual violence and to build a community of advocates, driven by survivors and victims, who will be at the forefront for the creation of solutions to interrupt sexual violence in their communities. In less than six months, because of the viral #me-too, a vital conversation abo...