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
In the News, on the Blogs:
* The Wall Street Journal, “India Journal: Rethinking Safety in Delhi“
* IOL News, “Miniskirt assault ‘backward, chauvinistic and ugly’” and Sowetan Live, “‘Harassed miniskirt girls’ finally lay charges“
* Mercury News, “East Bay scientist reduces violence against Darfuri women through better cooking technology“
* Mid Day, “The myth of a safe city“
* Deccan Herald, “Delhi police get a call every two seconds“
* The Times of India, “‘Should I wear gloves? Conductors touch my palms‘”
* Boston Globe, “‘Hollaback!’ and help fight street harassment through an online community“
* Trust Law, “Egyptian women vow to persist in demand for rights“
Activism Announcements:
New:
* Sign the Petition: “Demand Justice for Two Men Killed Trying to Stop Street Harassment“
* View two new anti-street harassment films from Egypt and from Pakistan
Reminders:
* The Adventures of Salwa campaign launched a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.
* In Bangalore, India, there is a new helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023
* The 5th edition of the prestigious textbook Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology is now available. For this printing, they included a few pages about street harassment! (see #143)
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. MLcarlberg Can all dudes decide to not catcall especially at night? Regardless of intent, it’s threatening, never flattering.
2. whereisyvette I like how I got a catcall at the gas station from a guy WHO RODE A BICYCLE THERE. I mean wow, I was gonna fall for him!
3. yashar Street harassment!! RT @lilforeigngirl: @yashar I loved Elmo too. Until I met a creepy Elmo on the streets of NYC who grabbed my hand..
4. No_Bozo #ThingsGuysShouldNOTSayToAnotherGuy “hey lets hit on that Chick!” #FF END #StreetHarrassment @hkearl @HollabackCHD @iHollaback @SlutWalkHK
5. JessaVanSickle I want to meet the woman who positively responds to the ‘catcall’.
6. harassmap While waiting for a bus, watch out for your boobs and bags bit.ly/AnZUYQ #Egypt #harassmap #endSH
7. SawsaGa Have you experienced any #sexualharassment on NYE celebration in Tahrir? #EndSH cc @HarassMap
8. ShaikhRafia March 18-24 is a week for fighting #StreetHarassment internationally? Whoazaa. #IknewIwasBornInAGreatWeek 😀
9. emilyhughes Men who catcall are always the worst, but they’re especially the worst during morning rush hour.
10. MohHKamel Did any of the parliamentary candidates propose a law tht would curb the sexual harassment pandemic in #Egypt as part of his program? #EndSH
