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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:
* Huffington Post, “Could Mobile Technology Combat Sexual Harassment?“
* Dissident Voice, “Sexual Harassment of Women is State Sponsored Say Egyptian Women“
* PressTV, “Egyptian women denounce sexual harassment against female protesters“
* Daily News Egypt, “Women take to the streets to protest sexual harassment and assault“
* TrustLaw, “Protesters worldwide denounce sexual harassment in Egypt“
* Global Times, “Sexual harassment gets worse in post-uprising Egypt“
* Guardian, “The courage of the vigilante feminists is contagious“
* Jezebel, “‘Anti-Flirt’ Movement Once Put Street Harassers in the Clink“
* Fem2pt0, “International Feminism: Battling Street Harassment“
* Deccan Herald, “Eve teasing: Teenage girl stabbed by youth“
* Flyover Feminism, “Practical Feminism with Nihal Saad Zaghloul“
* Metro, “Perverts in public: Sexual harassment on the MBTA in the spotlight, advocates push for speaking up“
* The New Indian Express, “TN: Bus conductor arrested on charges of eve teasing“
* Erin Matson, “Quick Update On My Street Harassment Story“
* Mommyish, “I Never Thought I Would Have To Deal With Street Harassment In Front Of My Daughter“
* Front Page Mag, “The ‘Epidemic’ of Sexual Harassment—and Rape—in Morsi’s Egypt“
* Jezebel, “How to Talk to a Woman Without Being a Creep“
* WJLA/ABC 7, “Metro sexual harassment: Only one arrest out of 99 complaints“
* Dailybhaskar.com, “Cops launch drive to check eve-teasing on buses, autos in G Noida“
* College Tribune, “‘Are ya well?’“
* Release the Feminist Kraken, “An Open Letter to Men Who Yell at Me From Your Car“
* Feimineach.com, “International Feminism: Battling Street Harassment“
* Women’s Web, “‘Rising’ with Karate – Interview with Amrita Mohan“
Announcements:
New:
* Stop Street Harassment supported the protests of the sexual violence against women outside the Egyptian Embassies worldwide on Feb. 12
* Stop Street Harassment joined thousands of groups in more than 200 countries on Feb. 14 to take action against gender violence during One Billion Rising.
* On Feb. 19, Stop Street Harassment will participate in a global day of action when groups in more than 40 cities will meet with government officials about strategies for making cities safer. Learn how you can participate, too.
Reminders:
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
15Tweets from the Week:
1. @jdschulman My response to hearing street harassment tonight was to say, “Aw, that’s not appropriate. That’s just not kind.” The dudes had no response.
2. @Krissssyyyy93 Have some class don’t drive by me and honk and catcall you pigs
3. @leloveluck Level of harassment in downtown Cairo absolutely maddening today. One guy decided to follow me then put his hand around my neck. #EndSH #ugh
4. @juliemastrine Excited to start planning some anti-#streetharassment actions in State College this spring! Let me know if you want to be involved
5. قوة ضد التحرش @OpAntiSH “Your Right to Live” Watch #EgyWomen respond to #EndSH during#GlobalProtestFeb12 in #Cairo http://bit.ly/UjRM5c (w/Eng subs) #VAW #Egypt
6. @sydmosley such a good day! many thanks to the #wgso12 organizers @penn_state. so fantastic to continue to start conversations around #streetharassment
7. @iyad_elbaghdadi I come from a place of the world where love scenes in films are censored, but abuse of women is on the streets for all to see. #EndSH #Egypt
8. @KateRoseBee Takes some nerve to catcall a woman while doing court-ordered litter pickup. “Hey baby I make some real good decisions…”
9. @YWCAGREENBAY A great discussion yesterday on gender-based harassment! @hkearl pic.twitter.com/omJIK26j
10. @seventeenSA Tell us how you deal with street harassment – follow the hashtag #17SaysNo
11. @karishma31 I just had a guy pull down his window while I was crossing the street to wink and tell me ‘hey baby’. Talk about sexual harassment #Mumbai
12. @UNC_GAC Stop by the pit and share your story of street harassment with @UNCBetas! 10-2 TODAY!
13. @lesellele That I’m at SIGNIFICANTLY more risk of street harassment, physical violence and rape than any man in my same neighborhood. That’s unfair
14. @EvrydayFeminism My short skirt and everything under is in mine mine mine! #streetharassment pic.twitter.com/CSLhWgSz
15. @aaboulenein Female protestors chanting against sexual harassment and #Morsi. #GlobalprotestFeb12 #endSH
