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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Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
* The Sunday Times, “Manning up to street harassment“
* York Daily Record, “Stop the street harassment“
* Bitch Magazine, “Takin’ it to the Streets: So… Take it Already!”
* PBS Newshour, “Report: Female Journalists Facing More Risks, Intimidation Abroad“
* The Scarlet F, “Street (or parking spot) harassment“
* Care2, “What is the Future for Women in Afghanistan?“
* Autostraddle, “Hollaback! wants to help you help everyone“
* New York Observer, “Creeps Beware, Hollaback! is Here“
* The Times of India, “Sexual harassment will soon be a non-bailable offence in state“
* The Times of India, “Cops to maintain crime register“
Announcements:
New:
* Congratulations to Hollaback for reaching the fundraising goal for their new bystander campaign!
* On Thursday, young women in Kabul, Afghanistan, are leading a march against street harassment. This is the first open action ever taken against the widespread problem!
* Emily May gives an update on UN Women’s Safe Cities Programme after attending a conference in Cairo, Egypt
Reminders/On-Going:
* Sign Mend the Gap’s petition to address subway harassment in Delhi, India
* College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.
* 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:
1. MsApocalypse Though there’s nothing quite like a great night followed by bracing yourself for street harassment and watching your shadows closely.
2. mazzie @hkearl actually stunned a man into (probably brief) silence Friday outside Union Station by just saying “STOP harassing women.”
3. hana_elhattab I DEMAND that when i go to #Tahrir, i be treated with respect. And not get asked what color my bra is, and that white is preferable to black
4. _RedLover Finally, a movement fighting back against street harassment. Hollaback rally today @530 on 116 & lex nyc.ihollaback.org
5. cslaughter Men who understand why it’s not cool to scream at women from cars: please talk to your asshole brethren about why this shit ain’t funny.
6. thetrudz Notice how a man who engages in street harassment who demands a woman smile is NOT smiling with his lips or eyes.
7. CLButler76 Guy on the High Street today leers at me and yells ‘Hey redhead, oi redhead’. Made me feel v. uncomfortable. Grrr. #streetharassment
8. ohginayoung wow, yup. street harassment STILL makes me angry
9. iHollaback Around the world, data is showing young men harass in groups & older men harass alone. #unwomen #streetharassment
10. OneStudentOrg Weekly Word Up http://t.co/behUdYg tackling street harassment.
