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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Street Harassment in South Africa
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* One World South Asia, “No passport, driving license for eve-teasers in India“
* 7 sur 7, “Un tram contre le harcèlement à l’égard des femmes“
* The Times of India, “Brawl over eve-teasing leads to murder“
* Bite Me, Beautiful, “Street Harassment“
* Limerick Leader, “Limerick woman with Down syndrome tells of bullying torment“
* Beyond Black & White, “Fighting Back Against Street Harassment (Part One)“
* Austrian Independent, “Bum groping is not sexual harassment in Austria“
* The Argus, “March through Brighton’s ‘no go’ areas“
* The Jewish Daily Forward, “The Toll of Street Harassment“
* NPR, “In Brussels, Be Kind … Or Be Fined“
* Al Arabiya News, “Egypt women deserve rights now, not later“
* Books & Feminism, “Another day, another street harassment experience“
* Maps4Aid, “Sexual Harassment in Train: Professor arrested on charges of molestation“
* Der Freitag, “Schreib es in die Welt!”
* Bloomberg News, “Egypt Mob Strips 3 Girls of Clothes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square“
* BB&W Question: How Can I Deal with Street Harassment?
* Those Pesky Dames, “Look at the legs on that” – street harassment needs to stop
Announcements:
New:
* Submit a story about the most empowering response you’ve had to street harassment and it may get published in a book!
* Nov. 20 marked the 14th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
* Nov. 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
* Read an interview with the founder of the Street Harassment Fashion Tumblr Ellis Gainsboro
Reminders:
* Check out the project CATCALLED: the stories of 11 women in New York City from two weeks in August 2012, now online.
* Baltimore, MD, folks — take a survey about street harassment for Hollaback! Bmore
* Hollaback! Edinburgh launched a “Said No One Ever” Tumblr to refute the belief that street harassment is a compliment.
* Register — Webinar: Street Harassment: How To Stop Feeling Helpless and Start Feeling Empowered, Dec. 6, 2012: 8 – 9:30 p.m. ET, $15
* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“
* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.
* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023
* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. @WordsWithDes: I’m tired of harassment. I’m tired of crossing the street. I’m tired of them refusing to accept that my no means no.
2. @GLuckhurst Street harassment is about as flattering as a knitted sumo-wrestler suit. If you like me, talk to me, don’t holler at me.
3. @LexCurtis @RiaLaDona not only are we constantly subjected to street harassment, but we also have to cater to their egos shaped by savagery
4. @HollabackHRM MYTH: Street harassment is a cultural problem. FACT: It happens in every country in the world, in every culture, including ours. #endsh
5. @Psypherize There’s pickpocketing and some sexual harassment at Qasr El-Aini street. Keep your eyes open. #Tahrir
6. @harassmap: Legal and Pyscological help for victims of sexual harassment in tahrir and else where http://blog.harassmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Services1.jpg … #EndSH #Tahrir
7. @SaraLang: It’s sad how grateful I am when I pass a group of guys outside a bar and don’t get a single catcall, whistle, or lewd comment.
8. @SharkDancing We all need to speak out about Street harassment. This is our pubic space @HoldenGrey #TOpoli
9. @missmayse Guy just came out being beaten by many. Turns out he was harassing women. #endSH
10. @SarahGraham7 It’s taken 5 months of living in London for me to have my first experience of street harassment here. Actually quite impressed.
11. @roamingradical until the street harassment Tahrir has become famous for not just ends, but is hunted down & destroyed, the revolution will be incomplete.
12. @nualacabral yes! @FreedomReeves #StreetHarassment Cards. Weekend project! cc: http://tmblr.co/Zg4OXyXivznZ cc: @MoralesWilliams
13. @_ToyyStoryy: street harassment definitely happens at gas stations the most
14. @craftgasm Creepy guy pacing me asked how I get my hair so long. Not amused when I answered, “I don’t cut it.” #AskAStupidQuestion
15. @PeaceCorps “Be a good man!” Young men in Azerbaijan work to stop street harassment of women http://youtu.be/Jtcq_w7h-vA #InternationalMensDay
