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November 11, 2011

Women-Only Tent Erected at Occupy Wall Street 
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New York City Occupy activists have erected a women-only tent following
reports of sexual assault at their Lower Manhattan encampment.

Alex Borders, Occupy Wall Street: "A lot of the women felt that their
rights were being violated to the extent that they were in the camp and
they had people that were invading their tent spaces and stuff like
that, so they instituted the women's only tent, which is only for women.
We have security around the clock patrolling the camp itself."

Nan Terri, Occupy Wall Street: "It's housing 20 people right now, but it
can house more once we organize it. That's why I have the gloves on, I'm
planning to clean up. But my plan is to get more tents for the women.
I'm trying to get a 80 × 80 or 60 × 60 tent to put on the other side for
women's safety."



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