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The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters has launched a campaign in response to the chants of “lock her up” against Rachel Notley at the Alberta legislature last weekend.

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The Lift Her Up campaign was launched Friday. It calls for Albertans to stand up against bullying rhetoric and sexist or violent language towards women.

“It’s really a response to what we saw happen on the steps of the legislature last weekend,” said Jan Reimer, executive director of Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters.

“The whole way of portraying women who are leaders, women who are in positions in power, there really needs to be something in response to that.” Tweet This

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The “lock her up” incident happened last weekend at an anti-carbon tax rally organized by Rebel Media, an online news outlet.

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Shelter directors in Edmonton made the decision to launch the campaign after discussing concerns about the effect these messages have on the province’s boys and girls.

“[We] realized how devastating that could be. For women who have left domestic violence, because sometimes their partners do threaten or do lock them up,” Reimer said.

“We don’t want to feed those kinds of chants and call-downs of women in positions of power. Tweet This

“We think it accelerates other types of behaviours that are totally creating unsafe places for women.”

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The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters is inviting people to help “lift up” women by speaking out against bullying behaviours by using the hashtag #LiftHerUp.

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We cannot be bystanders to violence and threats in politics. When it comes to women in politics #LiftHerUp not #LockHerUp! #ableg #ABpoli https://t.co/10JNY3pR1Q — Sarah Renee Dawson (@MsSarahDawson) December 9, 2016

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Never been more proud 2b part of a movement! @womenshelter rocked it this week! https://t.co/VTYYKmVP4Z #liftherup — Monique Auffrey (@moniqueauffrey) December 10, 2016

The council is also offering Lift Her Up T-shirts on its website next week, with proceeds going to support Alberta’s women’s shelters.