2019 SSH Highlights

Thank you for being part of our community to stop street harassment this year!

Here are six of the highlights and efforts YOU made possible!

1. Produced another national study on sexual harassment in the US, in collaboration with UCSD Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH), RALIANCE, CALCASA and Promundo. As in 2018, 81% of women and 43% of men had experienced sexual harassment at some point in their life.As part of this survey, we were able to pull out facts on street harassment, which showed over 70% of women have experienced it, the most of any type of sexual harassment. Thank you everyone who donated to make the survey possible!
2. Contributed to a state-wide survey on sexual harassment in California, led by UCSD GEH and CALCASA. The findings helped influence the California state budget and its allotment of funds toward sexual harassment and violence prevention! Again, thank you to everyone who donated to make this survey possible.
   
3. Oversaw our 9^th annual International Anti-Street Harassment Week with participating groups in over 30 countries, ranging from Australia to Uganda. Thank you to everyone who took action! Read the new wrap-up report and view the photos of actions.
4. Helped launch a 4^th wave of PSAs on the Washington, DC transit system, one focused on what witnesses to harassment can do if they see it occur. Along with our collaborators at WMATA and Collective Action for Safe Spaces, we did flyering and outreach to alert riders to the new campaign. Thanks to everyone who volunteered.
   
5. Conducted the first ever survey on street harassment and age which revealed the shocking difference between how old most women were when they first faced street harassment (middle school) compared with their male harassers (usually at least in their 20s or 30s, if not older). It is important for this disturbing and very wrong dynamic to be part of conversations about ending street harassment. Read my Ms. Magazine article about the findings and why they matter. Thank you to everyone who took or shared the survey.
   
6. Funded another year of the National Street Harassment Hotline, run by our partners at the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Thank you to everyone who donated toward the cost or shared the hotline information.

Additionally, our work was covered by a range of media outlets like Newsweek, USA Today, Runner’s World, Shape and The Economist. The media interview I’m most proud of is the one I did for NowThis News about the sexual harassment and assault of women with disabilities.

Looking forward to next year, please mark your calendars for the 10^th International Anti-Street Harassment Week from April 19 to 25, 2020!