The everyday sexism project: a media tool to shape policy?

This article is by LSE MSc student and Polis Intern Claudia Valdiviezo @claudiavl8 from an talk given by Laura Bates at LSE as part of Polis Media Agenda Talks When Laura Bates founded the Everyday Sexism project in 2012, it’s clear that directly influencing policy makers in the UK and beyond wasn’t initially part of the plan. Three years and more than 100,000 stories later, the Everyday Sexism Project uses the valuable data it’s collected to make it easier for regulators to tackle sexism through their policy decisions.