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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:
* New York Times Blog, “Activists Tackle Sexual Harassment in Tahrir“
* Gawker, “Attention Men: If You Attack a Woman In Tahrir Square, You Might Get Your Ass Kicked, Finally“
* Daily Bhaskar, “Fears of sexual harassment forces Punjab to send lady teachers home on time“
* Born Whore, “‘Hey Baby, How Much?’: Stop Blaming Sex Workers For Street Sexual Harassment“
* Yemen Times, “Who is to blame? Street sexual harassment in Yemen“
* Beyond Black & White, “Fighting Back Against Street Harassment (part two)“
* Halifax NewsNet, “Taking harassment off the street“
* The Shadow League, “Analyzing The Street Harassment Epidemic“
* Tell Them, “Eww la la: Street Harassment in France“
* 7iber.com, “Harass Me, If You Can“
* Gwaker, “Have You Seen This Man? Or Maybe Just His Dick? Meet Your New Subway Flasher. (NSFW)“
* The Times of India, “Push for tougher eve-teasing laws“
* Women Worldwide Initiative, “More Than 16 Days: Violence Against Women on the Sidewalk“
* Gradient Lair, “Street Harassment “Prevention” Shouldn’t Have To Exist“
* Daily Bhaskar, “Chandigarh: City Beautiful is safe for women?“
* Egypt Independent, “Anti-sexual harassment campaigns to increase presence in Tahrir“
* The Times of India, “Zero-tolerance policy against eve-teasers“
* Barnard Center for Research on Women, “Catcalled“
* F Bomb, “On Learning More About Sexual Harassment“
* Decca Chronicle, “No check on sexual harassment in city“
* Video: “Eve teasing cases on rise in India – NewsX“
* Video: Unreported: “Egypt: Sex, Mobs, and Revolution“
Announcements:
New:
* Register — Webinar: Street Harassment: How To Stop Feeling Helpless and Start Feeling Empowered, Dec. 13, 2012: 8 – 9:30 p.m. ET, $15
* Tahrir Safe Zone for All!
Reminders:
*Follow Stop Street Harassment on Tumblr
* If you’re a woman ages 18-26, take a survey for a student’s thesis on street harassment
* HoodRules thebook is now available!
* 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
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. @AmiraTahers I no longer feel belonging nor home. I no longer feel safe nor happy, sexual harassment on daily basis and street fights became a routine.
2. @PsychoticLynx Men paid to harass women 🙁 But #Egyptian #women inspire me with their strength, courage and determination #Egypt #EndSH #UnreportedWorld
3. @susie_c Every morning I hear the high school mating ritual from the street. “Red hair!” (giggles) “Fat ass!” (silence) “Fuck you, bitch!” Charming.
4. @scarlettnarwhal ‘where’s the brothel for some blowjobs you slut?’straight to the point harassment from 2 males near redchurch street..
5. @nanikush I love living in NY but the street harassment is on another level.
6.@TahrirBodyguard http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssirgany/8253716163/in/set-72157632194245369/ … These are some of our bodyguards. We want to thank them. Respect. #endSH
7. @ghazalairshad New mob sexual assault hotspot in Tahrir by Mugamma metro exit starting 9pm, according to @TahrirBodyguard & @OpAntiSH. cc @harassmap #endSH
8. @OpAntiSH Our video “Tahrir: Safe Zone for all” by @mosireen collective almost at 14000 views 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQhoaWu3jX8 … Help make more noise #endSH
9. @harassmap Tomorrow the first support group for women facing sexual harassment w @NazraEgypt http://bit.ly/QGMJdk Join us and spread the word. #endSH
10. @kiranmanral Dear TOI, can we stop saying “eve teasing”. There’s nothing ‘teasing’ about this. Call it street sexual harassment.
11. @RantingOwl Dude tried to say something nasty. I turned & gave him a look that communicated the fact that I.perceived him as little more than dog shit.
12. @kingxnova: I wish South Africa had PSA’s & ads, directed at men, creating awareness that *street harassment* is a thing & WE HATE IT.
13. @mrdaveyd This morning a woman was shot while riding her bike.. The assaults on women have been relentless http://bit.ly/TJOPq5 #VAW
14. @EverydaySexism “I have been sexually harassed since the age of 11. I am now 48 and it is still happening.” #StreetHarassment pic.twitter.com/ekyAtXgV
15. @hkearl Spotted: Anti- sexual harassment psa on the DC metro in Spanish! #endsh #streetharassment #wmata pic.twitter.com/Ncc233RV
