Weekly Round Up: July 18, 2010 | Stop Street Harassment

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In the News:

Forbes.com article on commuter harassment (written by me) and syndicated on ABC News (the business section!)
AFP article on eve teasing and suicides in Bangladesh
In India, Transjakarta Bus stops will have women police officers and security cameras to curb sexual harassment
“Men Taste Sex Harassment Gauntlet“

Interviews:

10 Street Harassment Tweets from the Week:

jennpozner Bklyn dudes, when’ll you realize your “How YOU doin?” street harassment is as tired as a Friends rerun?
barcc Street harassment=attempt to control the physical public space, but always feels so personal.
TashCas Another day, another slur of street harassment thrown my way. Ugh. Odds of a gun/knife getting pulled on me if I talk back…?
sboehmer No, it’s not that I’m shy. It’s more that your commentary on my “sweet ass” isn’t deserving of my attention. #streetharassment
ShoDav Why can’t men just keep their mouths shut? Catcalling is rude and unnecessary. Ugh.
hollabackdc thanks 2 @rendsmith for contacting OAG after reading this http://bit.ly/bIoV7r. <3 community response to street harassment.
RightRides no license? no problem! u don’t need 2 drive 2 volunteer on a @rightrides driving team. email volunteer@rightrides.org 4 info
ForbesWoman Stop Commuter Harassment. It’s a problem 80 to 100% of women face and employers should take note @forbeswoman http://cptl.st/9xcmPS
UpliftMagazine Welsh PSA’s, Hey Baby & Schrödinger’s Rapist – Street Harassment, It All Adds up! http://tinyurl.com/3xktlcd
jessielovesyu Street harassment needs to stop. #fuckpatriarchy

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