Street harassment snapshot: February 27, 2011

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.

Street Harassment Stories:

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You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

PBS News Hour, “For Egypt’s Women, Harassment Remains Part of Daily Life“
CNN World, “Revolution signals new dawn for Egypt’s women“
The Baltimore Sun, “Man involved in semen attacks on shoppers gets probation“
Project Q, “‘Hollaback!’ on the go against street harassment“
Femininisting, “Quick hit: International Anti-Street Harassment Day“
The Citizen, “We should borrow a leaf from Egyptian women“
Los Angeles Times, “Egypt’s women face growing sexual harassment“
Pune Site,”Helpline for women commuters receiving 8 to 10 complaints daily“
El Paso Times, “Man allegedly exposed himself to 17-year-old girl“
Bleacher Report, “Egyptian Soccer Stadiums Emerge as Venue for Sexual Harassment“
Y Observer, “Yemeni women expose sexual harassment by taxi drivers“
UPI.com, “Egyptian women suffer sexual harassment“
The Times of India, “Savage attacks on girls on a rise“
Where is your line?, “Badass-Activist Friday presents HOLLY KEARL of stopstreetharassment.com“
O, Pioneers!, “Being Watched, Being Seen, and Walking Alone“

Events:

March 4: Why Loiter? book launch, Kitab Mahal, 4th Flr., 192 D.N.Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001, 6 p.m.
March 8: STARS Speaks: Featuring Hollaback!, MU Women’s Center, G108 MU Student Center, 4:30 p.m.
March 10: Town Hall & Community Forum on Mass Transit, NYC, 6 p.m.
March 20: International Anti-Street Harassment Day – happening all over the world!

Announcements:

New:

Participate in the first annual International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20!!!
- Watch the YouTube video announcing the day
- RSVP on the FaceBook Event page
- Find out what others are doing in your area and list your plans
- Download graphics in six languages

On-going:

Participate in a new study for Dr. Kimberly Fairchild
Have an encounter with gender-based violence on NYC mass transit to share? http://tinyurl.com/transitstory (via RightRides)
If you live in Washington, DC, take a street harassment survey for HollaBack DC!
Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
Have an iPhone? Download the Hollaback iPhone app that lets you report street harassers

10 Tweets from the Week:

KaylinSnailin Truck full of street harassers #yeg #streetharassment http://yfrog.com/hsc9okhj
staceyannchin Between Abortion rights, Domestic Violence, less pay for women, and sexual harassment on the street – we have soooo much work to do!
AmakaWho ima write a long post about black women &street harassment in honor of street harassment awareness day on 3/20
EliGrullon As soon as Spring comes, especially in Minneapolis, my sundresses come out & so does all the #streetharassment I HATE that!
WriteAboutIt @natalieraymond I got meowed at yesterday in Duane Reade. Why do catcallers think we’re house pets? #streetharassment
ShelbyKnox @hkearl I’ve been barked at! Dude bared his teeth & barked. Of course it was threatening but it was also so dumb it was funny.
dollfacekilla Street harassment is a global problem for women of all cultures: http://bit.ly/h8wgXl “girls are asking for it if they wear jeans”
jesssolomon Documentary “Back Up! Concrete Diaries” by @Nijla1 is back: http://ht.ly/40mBa (I share my experience w/ #streetharassment)
RightRides Help serve ALL Manhattan neighborhoods http://fb.me/I36lv24F #safety #women #nyc #lgbt #woc #fundraising #fem2 #feminism #rape
iHollaback Just got the awesomest email ever from Nicola Briggs. Swoon! She’s my hero. http://youtu.be/iIlObKYwUyI