Alka Kurian
Senior Lecturer, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell.
Long before #MeToo, women in many parts of the world organized successful campaigns against sexual violence
While the success of #MeToo testifies to the power of social media in putting the spotlight on the culture of misogyny across the world, it’s not the first movement of its kind. Women in countries such as India, Pakistan and others have long organized successful campaigns against sexual harassment.