Emily Atack and Georgia Harrison spoke out abot tackling violence against females (Picture: PA)
Emily Atack and Georgia Harrison joined Sir Keir Starmer for a round table talk about putting a stop to violence against women and girls (VAWG) on Monday.
The pair of reality TV stars attended the discussion alongside campaigners and industry experts at St Giles Trust – a south London charity which provides support for a variety of at-risk groups.
Emily, 33, – known for her role on The Inbetweeners – spoke at the roundtable discussion after fronting a documentary into cyber flashing and sexual harassment.
She said: ‘Since the age of 10 years old I’ve experienced extreme levels of sexual harassment, abuse and sexual assault.
‘This was something that I just had to put up with, but it was also behaviour that I realised that I was kind of brainwashed into thinking was my fault.
‘I feel that I’m at a point in my life now where I’m very tired of apologising for who I am. I’m sick of feeling guilty for simply just existing.’
The reality stars addressed politicians and shared their stories (Picture: PA)
They spoke at a roundtable discussion on Monday (Picture: PA)
Former Love Island contestant Georgia, 28, also spoke at the event.
Her ex-boyfriend, Stephen Bear, was jailed for 21 months in March after he shared a private video of them having sex.
She told Sir Keir: ‘So many women have been let down by the justice system’, saying there are loopholes that allow perpetrators to avoid conviction in cases of image-based sexual offences.
The star added that social media and online platforms should be responsible for what is shared on their sites.
Georgia touched on her experience with revenge porn (Picture: PA)
Emily joined the panel to talk about sexual assault (Picture: PA)
‘These platforms need to be held accountable for what they are allowing to happen on their platforms to get more users,’ she said.
After listening to the pair of TV personalities speak, Sir Keir added: ‘My own work on violence against women and girls really started when I was director of public prosecutions in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service.
‘I began to see first hand some of the problems within the criminal justice field, that awful journey that people have to go on through criminal justice, and it gave me a sort of burning determination to do something about it.’
The politician urged that eliminating VAWG is ‘never a job done’.
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He said: ‘Online, things are moving very fast, that means we have to constantly be on top of this, this is never a job done, it’s going to have to be constantly working on it.
‘We don’t need any more discussions or reports or inquiries, we just need some action to start the work that needs to be done.’
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‘So many women have been let down by the justice system’.
