How activists got Sweden to recognise that sex without consent is rape

Author: Katarina Bergehed

In: Amnesty International, 2018

Following the acquittal of three men who were accused of raping a 15 year-old girl, the activist movement, FATTA, and the other related demonstrations inspired by ‘MeToo’, led Sweden to the historic declaration, following Iceland, that sex without voluntary participation is illegal.

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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/how-activists-got-sweden-to-recognise-that-sex-without-consent-is-rape/

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