** TOMORROW, on April 9 – share info about street harassment all day on social media, use #StopStreetHarassment! Need images? Here are ones you can use! **
Day 2 of International Anti-Street Harassment Week!!
Here’s a photo album with samplings of offline and online action. Here are examples of offline actions:
Argentina:
Accion Respecto Tucuman shared the flyering and other street action they did the night before.
France:
Relous de BDX did chalking in Bordeaux, France.
India:
Jagori, Safe City Delhi and Safetipin held an outreach event in Bawana n Malviya Nagar.
Italy:
CatCalls of Turin did chalking.
Sri Lanka:
Bystander intervention is a pivotal point in countering high levels of sexual harassment in public transportation in #lka. Oxfam Sri Lanka launched “The Not on My Bus” campaign which covers a series of steps to #CreateAScene as a responsible and vigilant bystander.
UK:
Bristol Zero Tolerance did an interview with @bbcrb about their campaign with @SustransSW Bristol-Bath Respectful Path – look out for more stencils & info on social media this week!
Campaign: “By joining with The Bristol Street Harassment Project for International Anti-Street Harassment Week [we at Sustrans] are highlighting this issue, stating that any kind of harassment is inexcusable and calling on people who are subject to or witness harassment to challenge the individual and/or to report it. We can all play a part in making the Bristol and Bath Path a place for everyone…
During International Anti-Street Harassment Week you can also get involved by:
- Looking out for the stencils on the path and tweeting your photos to us at @BristolZT and @SustransSW using hashtag #EndSHbristol
- Take part in the international Tweetathon on Tuesday 9th April using hashtag #EndSH and add your photos and comments”
U.S.
Pussy Division (Changing to FIST Feminists’ Intersectional Solidarity Troop) launched a new project in Philadelphia. They created an image using the city’s hockey team’s mascot Gritty and wheatpasted it around different neighborhoods.
Gritty says, “Only you can prevent street harassment.”
University of New Hampshire’s SHARPP office is hosting a virtual educational display on the second floor of the campus library.
