Coral is seen in front of the Spanish name of the group she founded, ‘National Front for Sisterhood’, during a live broadcast in Mexico City. Her story and subsequent activism have led to the creation of numerous state laws against cyber violence, and Mexico’s government is on the verge of passing a federal version of ‘Olimpia’s Law’. — AP
MEXICO CITY: Activist Olimpia Coral went through an inferno in 2013, when an ex-boyfriend posted sexual images that made the rounds in her conservative town in Mexico. Things got so bad – the shaming, the Internet bullying – that she hid in the trunk of a taxi when going to her grandmother’s house a few blocks away.
Seven years later, she has a proposed federal law named after her. Mexico’s Senate has approved hefty prison time for the filming or distribution of sexually explicit images without a person’s consent or through deceit.
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Coral is seen in front of the Spanish name of the group she founded, ‘National Front for Sisterhood’, during a live broadcast in Mexico City. Her story and subsequent activism have led to the creation of numerous state laws against cyber violence, and Mexico’s government is on the verge of passing a federal version of ‘Olimpia’s Law’. — AP
Coral, who became an activist against online sexual harassment and assault after a video of her having sex was published online in 2013, smiles during a talk hosted by the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City. — AP
A cameraman films for live broadcast as Coral speaks with Benito Juarez borough Mayor Santiago Taboada, in Mexico City. — AP
Coral, right, speaks with Benito Juarez borough Mayor Santiago Taboada, during a live broadcast in Mexico City. The National Statistics Institute estimates that 9.4 million women in Mexico have been affected by online harassment. — AP
Coral’s story and subsequent activism have led to the creation of numerous state laws against cyber violence, and Mexico's government is on the verge of passing a federal version of ‘Olimpia's Law’. Under the new federal law, her ex-boyfriend could get up to six years in prison for having posted the video without her consent. — AP
