Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week.
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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:
Many of the Hollaback sites
Activism Alert:
* Contact Togo’s sandwich shop to tell them their new ad trivializing street harassment is not okay!
* If you’re in Mumbia, participate in the Stop Harassing Me campaign (ends Nov. 21)
* Watch the new anti-street harassment video from The Adventures of Salwa folks and download their guide for fighting all forms of sexual harassment
In the News, on the Blogs:
* Good Men Project, “6 Ways to Help Your Daughter Deal With Sex-Based Harassment on the Street and In School” & syndicated: AlterNet.org, “6 Ways to Teach Girls How to Deal With Idiots That Sexually Harass Them on the Street“
* Jezebel, “Police Searching For Bronx Man Who Groped Six Women In Six Hours“
* Rooted in Being, “Street Harassment“
* Youth Change Global, “Egyptian women fight sexual harassment“
* Human Rights First, “Women Carving Out New Role in Egypt“
* Occupy Patriarchy, “Women Have The RIGHT To Occupy (W)all Street(s) Without Fear“
* The Times of India, “Girl assaulted, father loses his life“
* In These Times, “The Girl’s Guide to Staying Safe Online“
* Elucidated Perspectives, “Street Harassment: On taking my Power back“
* Gossip-Monthly, “Scousewives star Elissa Corrigan: Girl About Town Shouting at women in the street is not acceptable!“
* The Times of India, “Victims’ families to rally support for Zero Tolerance“
Announcements:
New:
* You can purchase the Stop Street Harassment book for 50% off right now!
Reminders:
* Sign the Zero Tolerance Campaign’s petition calling for stronger enforcement of laws banning street sexual harassment in India.
* Contact the California sandwich chain Togo’s and tell them that trivializing street harassment in their television ad is NOT okay.
* Street harassment is not okay: Watch a new 2 minutes cartoon about street harassment
* Sign the petition to tell Toronto Police to stop blaming victims for street harassment and sexual assault!!
* Contribute to the Monday “Street Respect” series that highlights the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. Ssebaye7 #EndSH My harrasser today kept on saying sorry while running away..THEY R ALL COWARDS..وعلى فكرة ماكنش بدقن #Nov18
2. rickileek #streetharassment drunk dude in elevator put arm around me, pissed when I shove him and say NOPE. xcuse me, YOU violated MY personal space.
3. maps4aid Any Activists/NGOs Fighting #StreetHarassment in Delhi? Like to team up with maps4aid 4 Delhi – Stop Harassing Me! Online Reporting Site?
4. Taniaaaaa Reporting a street sexual harassment incident. (@ NYPD 115th Precinct) 4sq.com/sJLQDV
5. Salencita Oh street harassment. It’s been two whole days since I’ve seen you.
6. FeministGriote What will it take for us to take sexual harassment & sexual abuse against women/ children seriously in this society?!
7. maps4aid Today- Drunk youths molest girls going to school and flee, angry locals set liquor shop on fire. maps4aid.com/reports/view/6… #StreetHarassment
8. aliciasanchez just got a dose of #streetharassment at the colubia heights metro @hollabackdc. but the guy handing out express papers, tristan was an ally!
9. HadeelG Being at the street after mid night does NOT mean am a prostitute #endsh #egypt
10. hkearl “Stares”: Spoken Word by Philly Youth Poetry Movement Members stopstreetharassment.org/2011/11/stares/ #streetharassment
