Here’s the Day 5 report with highlights of the actions from International Anti-Street Harassment Week! Don’t forget you can report back on your actions here. You can also tag SSH on social media or email me at StopStreetHarassment@Gmail.com. I’m updating the 2018 Photo Album a few times a day.
Here is a sampling of the social media postings from today, including ones from Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Spain and the UK.
Here are the events coming up the rest of week!
Art:
Afghanistan: Each day of the week, Free Women Writers will share a piece of art about how women and girls in Afghanistan and around the world are harassed regardless of what they wear. Today’s art work is by @Royasaberzada.
USA: With art from PSA Art Awakenings in Tucson and the leadership of Hey Baby | Art Against Sexual Violence, each day of Anti Street Harassment Week, the Joel Valdez Main Library in Tucson, AZ, will display different pieces of artwork that advocate for everyone’s right to be in public space and explores gender-based harassment and or ending street harassment. Here are some of the recent pieces.
Nancyjo Olofson ‘It’s a Jungle Out There!’
Maria Pia Minichiello, ‘Stand Your Ground’
Artists: Artbybeckp ‘Just Stop it!’
MES ‘Self #2’
Actions:
Afghanistan: Free Women Writers members passed our flyers (yellow image) and spoke with their communities in Balkh, Afghanistan.
Argentina: Instituto de Género del Defensor del Pueblo de la Provincia de Córdoba continued to raise awareness.
Ecuador: Hollaback Cuenca-Ecuador did “Solidarity Witness Guide” flyering at Cuenca’s historic center.
Netherlands: Hollaback Nederlands held the first The People’s Supper in the Netherlands. At a People’s Supper, sharing food becomes a gateway into unwinding, exchanging stories and connecting to others working to make the world a better place. They held an informal discussion on this topic: “In the face of current racism and misogyny, how can different identity groups learn from each other’s experiences and build a more inclusive feminist movement together?”
Philippines: UN Women’s Safe Cities Manila division held a lecture on street harassment.
UK: Members of Nottingham’s Women’s Centre distributed leaflets about the misogyny law in their city, that includes street harassment.
Yemen: To Be Foundation for Rights and Freedoms hosted a workshop against harassment and an online campaign on social networking sites.
