Everyone has the right to safety, whether it’s on a night out, travelling on public transport, walking along the street or in your home.
When it comes to making lasting change to help women and girls feel safer in our communities, we all have a collective responsibility.
Types of unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour can make you feel uncomfortable and unsafe, and comes in many forms, including:
- Catcalling, leering and jeering
- Inappropriate touching, pressing up against someone or not respecting someone’s personal space
- Inappropriate staring or intimidatory body language or exposing private body parts
- Direct or non-direct comments or even using threatening language, terminology or phrases.
Call it out!
The Call it out campaign focusses on highlighting unacceptable behaviour and encouraging everyone to call it out.
As part of this campaign, we will strive to stamp out this behaviour by taking a bold approach to public safety. We also aim to make women and girls feel empowered to report this behaviour and reassured that appropriate action will be taken.
We want everyone to experience Wigan Borough’s night-time scene and feel excited about a return visit.