Not reforming policy

As the women’s crisis center movement was not successful at localizing activism and as the public perception of sexual assault had shifted so little, public pressure from Russians themselves to reform policy would be unlikely, even if the Russian political system were not so closed. Nevertheless, foreign intervention, especially from those international organizations that advocate or monitor human rights and the rule of law, could circumvent the domestic policy process. To what de­gree have the global and local campaigns created the opportunity for meaningful state reform of laws on sexual assault?