Today was the third day of International Anti-Street Harassment Week!
Here are a few highlights:
The week got coverage in major media outlets like the New York Times | BuzzFeed | Ms. Magazine | Chicago Public Media
We held our second tweet chat with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center on the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
HollabackPHILLY, a project of Feminist Public Works, launched amazing new anti-harassment ads for the Philadelphia transit system in Pennsylvania.
Safe Delhi/Jagori hosted a Street Cafe in Delhi, India.
Safe City Nepal held a dance performance and handed out flyers at various locations in Kathmandu.
Bristol University Feminist Society organized a discussion about street harassment in Bristol, UK.
Observatorio Paremos el Acoso Sexual Callejero held a screening of War Zone with a discussion led by Humanities professor Victoria Guerrero at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, in Lima, Peru.
In Massachusetts, Hollaback! Boston held a film screening of the documentary War Zone
Zerlina Mazwell gave a campus talk at the University of Illinois about rape culture, sexism and racism, and street harassment.
Brooklyn Technical High School held a talk on street harassment in New York.
Several of our volunteers, the organizers of the Rally Against Rape and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority handed out anti-harassment flyers at the Rosslyn Metro station in Arlington in Virginia.
The University of Scranton in Pennsylvania held a “Violence Free Zone” workshop focused on forms of gender violence, how to intervene, and resources.
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See the photo album of events.
Our next Tweet Chat is tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET with Everyday Feminism and Fem2Pt0 who will talk about the connections between street harassment and sexism, homophobia and transphobia.
We have a new Tweet Chat scheduled for 3 p.m. ET tomorrow with Every Day Health and Hollaback!
And at 8 p.m. ET there will be a chat by Secular Woman about harassment at conferences. Woo!
#EndSH
