There’s a new group in Colombo, Sri Lanka, speaking out against street harassment/sexual harassment in public places. Their group is Join the Fight Against Harassers. Via their Facebook page:
“More than 95% of women find it unsafe to travel alone in public spaces in Colombo. Every woman has faced some form of public harassment in the form of leering, stalking and catcalling, sometimes even leading up to physical harassment.
Public spaces are for every citizen to use without any hindrance or threat of sexual harassment. This campaign aims to make the streets of Sri Lanka safer for all its citizens, to create awareness on the measures that can be taken to protect ourselves from harassment and to empower people to stand up against sexual harassment in public spaces. Most importantly, to change the attitude that it is a menace that simply cannot be stopped.
This page will update you on how and what you can do to clean up the streets of Colombo. Join us now in the fight against harassment.
This campaign is run by Reach Out and Beyond Borders.”
I’m excited by all the international groups speaking out right now! From Lebanon and Egypt to South Africa and India, to the UK and Chile, and of course all of the Hollaback sites, global efforts are going to make a difference!
