Stop Street Harassment

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Archives for February 2020

“I rarely leave the house by myself “

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My and my friend were walking to the mall. We walked by an old man who smiled at us,whistled at us and said, “Damn, girls. You’re gonna need a bodyguard walking around here looking so hot.”

Nobody tried to help us, we felt threatened and we had to call our parents to come pick us because we didn’t feel safe. We were horrified. We were 14. Since then I rarely leave the house by myself except to go to school. (it’s been almost a year now)

Optional: Do you have any suggestions for dealing with harassers and/or ending street harassment in general?

I think educating people about this issue at a young age, and have a harsher punishments for street harassers.

– Sophia

Location: Portland, Oregon

Need support? Call the toll-free National Street Harassment hotline: 855-897-5910

Share your street harassment story for the blog.
See the book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers for ideas.

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“I don’t want to walk alone on the streets”

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I’m 20 years old right now, and I’ve experienced a lot of catcalling for the past years. I’m from the Philippines and catcalling and other forms of street harassment are common to the point that I don’t want to walk alone on the streets for the fear of being harassed by a random guy.

Optional: Do you have any suggestions for dealing with harassers and/or ending street harassment in general?

Educate the people especially the young ones regarding the importance of respect, not only for a lady like me but for everyone in general. I hope we make this world a better place by starting with this simple step. Spread love.

– Anonymous

Location: Philippines

Need support? Call the toll-free National Street Harassment hotline: 855-897-5910

Share your street harassment story for the blog.
See the book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers for ideas.

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2020 International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

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It’s that time of year, time to start planning your actions to raise awareness about street harassment in your community!

April 19-25, 2020, marks our 10th annual International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

We are excited that Safecity and Catcalls of NYC/Chalk Back will be close partners this year.

Join: There are so specific actions required, but our website has suggestions, ideas and even guides if you need them.

Events: Let us know what you’ll plan to do (stopstreetharassment@gmail.com) so we can list it on the events page.

Online: April 21 will be our global day of online action, so be sure to share info online then using #StopStreetHarassment. Sharing a story or suggestion for dealing with harassment are always powerful things to share. We also have sample social media postings (English) and shareable images. Check out the tools page.

Co-Sponsor: If you are with an organization or group that will be participating, reach out and we’ll list you as a participating co-sponsor!

This is always an uplifting, inspiring week as people and groups across the globe come together to speak out against the same problem that plagues our communities. Together our voices are stronger and we can demand change… we can demand safe public spaces for all!

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