From Hollywood’s Time’s Up initiative to the #MeToo movement, in recent months the silence surrounding the global mistreatment of women has been broken by sexual misconduct allegations being made in several industries across the UK and US.

Which is why MPS have launched an inquiry into the sexual harassment faced by women and girls on a daily basis in the UK.

The inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee will focus on sexual harassment in public places such as on the street, in shopping areas, bars, clubs and public transport, in a bid to shine a “spotlight on a problem that seems to be so routine in women’s lives, and yet has received very little attention in public policy”.

Government asks women to submit accounts of sexual harassment