Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week.
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Street Harassment Stories:
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Many of the Hollaback sites
In the News, on the Blogs:
* The Daily Beast, “Egypt’s Game Changers: Samira Ibrahim and the Women Who Speak Up About Sexual Violence“
* Bikya Masr, “Malawi women plan protest for freedom to wear trousers“
* Los Angeles Times, “Sacred Heart High girls go extra mile, but it’s no walk in park“
* New York Times, “Lechery, Immodesty and the Talmud“
* Zeenews, “I don’t need a veil, you do!“
* Hindustan Times, “Keep pepper sprays in hand, police tell Delhi women“
* The Jerusalem Post, “Haredi banned from public transport for sexual harassment“
* Ebony, “Stop Telling Women How to Not Get Raped“
* Feministing.com, “There is no Terminal 3“
* NBC News, “Report: Butt Slasher Arrested in Peru“
* Jamaica Plains Gazette, “Website gives voice to street harassment victims“
Activism Announcements:
New:
* Read a Baltimore, Maryland, college student’s thesis on street harassment
* The Adventures of Salwa in Lebanon launches a new video clip
Reminders:
* 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
* 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
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. silverspeakers Talking about street harassment is important bc it reminds women we’re not alone & clues men in to what goes on & how they should help.
2. nualacabral Walking Home has been accepted to the Women Action Media Fest in Boston, which happens to be scheduled on Anti-#StreetHarassment Day!
3. AmoAmmo “When a woman says ‘get lost’: get lost. Find another one. End of story.” #randomlyfeministcsimiami #streetharassment
4. fight_abuse: Street Harassment: Molestation bid on the road kills two schoolgirls. #stopvaw via @maps4aid fb.me/1w2JstGWh
5. kanaafa Women’s issues have not changed pre or after revolutions – domestic violence, rape, representation in politics #ChangeYourWorldCairo
6. blasianallie Got “hey shawty” twice today. Once on campus. Really? #Streetharassment
7. MartiSladek Young man came up to me in a store and stroked my faux fur coat without asking. Harassment does not happen only on street. He’s sorry now.
8. sallyzohney#egypt has a law against harassment in public places.is it enforced? Is it strong enough? @harassmap #changeyourworldcairo #EndSH
9. aisha1908 A fucking stranger grabbed both of my arms, and said “i love your ass. YOU HEAR ME? I love that ass”
10. aisha1908 What kind of such twisted world is this that I can’t even walk to work without being touched?
