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Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* CNN, “Indian prime minister calls for calm after violence erupts during anti-rape rallies” and New York Times, “Clashes Break Out in India at a Protest Over a Rape Case” and Reuters, “India’s gang-rape protesters defy moves to quell outrage” and IBN Live, “Gangrape protests: What happened at India Gate” and Digital Journal, “Gang rape protesters clash with police in India”
* NDTV, “Gang-rape in Delhi bus: Police arrest two prime accused, recover iron rod“
* Al Jazeera, “Indians call for ‘no mercy’ in rape case“
* India Today, “Headlines Today reporter faces eve-teasing while reporting on Delhi gangrape case” and iDiva.com, “TV Journo Eve-Teased While Reporting Gang-Rape Case“
* Kafila, “Rape Cultures in India: Pratiksha Baxi” and Kafila, “To the Young Women and Men of Delhi: Thinking about Rape from India Gate“
* The Guardian, “How to prevent sexual assault (no chilli powder required)“
* Laura Bates, “A letter to Santa from all women“
* Hindustan Times, “What’s the answer?“
* The Hindu, “Delhi women most vulnerable to sexual harassment: Survey“
* The Times of India, “Eve teasers make girls unsafe“
* CNN.com, “‘Harassment map’ helps Egyptian women stand up for their rights“
* Safe World for Women, “India: The women living in fear of violence“
* The Times of India, “Eve-teasing prompts girl to end life“
* The Times of India, “Curb eve-teasing to prevent rapes, say women“
* Dailymotion, “Afghanistan School Girls beating Up boys who are committing street harassment“
Announcements:
New:
* Pre-order The Window Sex Project: Soundtrack in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or other formats.
* People honored “the girl with the blue bra” who was attacked during a protest last year in Egypt
* Join various on and off-line campaigns to protest the #DelhiGangRape
* Stop Street Harassment is looking for correspondents to write a blog post once or twice a month about street harassment news and/or activism in their area/country. Details.
* Check out the new anti-harassment group in Sydney, Australia, “People Against Street Harassment“
* Read what Hollaback did this year to stop street harassment.
Reminders:
*Follow Stop Street Harassment on Tumblr
* Read Jennifer Harrison’s dissertation, “Gender segregation on public transport in South Asia: A critical evaluation of approaches for addressing harassment against women.”
* Check out the Tumblr “Ish people say to me on my way to the train“
* 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. @HeatherFaison If only I could use that magic to make some of these dudes on 14th st disappear #streetharassment
2. @harassmap Volunteer with us; help us expand and put an end to the social acceptability of sexual harassment in #Egypt. #endsh https://docs.google.com/a/harassmap.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFM4SW0ydTRnOGZaZnI5ZzM4Y1owaXc6MQ#gid=0 …
3. @sallyzohney Send if support to my lovely friend @NadaThakeb a survivor of sexual assault yesterday in haram. Ur stronger as alway #endSH
4. @NachiSharma25 this ain’t no freedom and this ain’t the nation i was once proud of… Sad shocked #delhigangrape #indiagate #nsui
5. @DuhBlockedGuy Can’t protest online (Sec. 66A) Can’t protest offline (Section 144) Welcome to India: The World’s Largest Democracy #Delhigangrape
6. @Wolfe321 Because nothing says “We take your concerns seriously” like high-powered water canons. #Delhigangrape? Here’s more violence. @veronicaeye
7. @aliciasanchez men don’t know what it’s like to have a stranger walk up to them and make demands like “smile” or “don’t look so mad.” #streetharassment
8. @srini091 While we are outraging abt #delhigangrape,in TN a 13 yr old girl raped & killed.yes thats her school bag&body in bushes pic.twitter.com/HL1UOCJJ
9. @sunayanaroy I pledge to speak up every time somebody tells me ‘she asked for it’ no matter what it costs me #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge @BLANK_NOISE
10. @KiraCochrane Rape was the subject of the first ever feminist speak out in NY, 1971. I speak to the Rape Crisis movement’s pioneers: http://gu.com/p/3ct2a/tw
11. @FreedomReeves Rape, #streetharassment, all the gender mess that women have to deal with would change profoundly if men bothered to check other men.
12. @ATRWibben “Why street harassment is rape culture” http://bit.ly/12q0Y8Q On the continuum of #sexualizedviolence – from #streetharrassment to #rape.
13. chessyjo I find that I experience approximately fifty percent more street harassment than normal when I’m wearing red lipstick.
14. @SandraThomas08 Yes thank you sexual harraser, that’s exactly what I like to hear at 6:45 am in the freezing cold #EndSH
15. @TahrirBodyguard Please, send us articles, studies, testimonies… on sexual harassment.We are working on our website and we need good content! #Egypt #endSH
