Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.
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Street Harassment Stories:
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Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
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Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* Huffington Post, “Alarming assaults on women in Egypt’s Tahrir“
* Soundmigration, “Demonstration Against Sexual Harassment Attacked in Tahrir #endsh“
* NewStatesman, “Egyptian protesters against sexual assault are sexually assaulted“
* MSNBC, “Women brave attack to protest sexual harassment in Egypt“
* Women Under Siege, “It’s not a revolution for those left behind“
* Zaghaleel, “We said NO and they said YES“
* Sian and Crooked Rib, “My body is not your property – street harassment“
* ABC7, “Metro begins anti-sexual harassment ad campaign;” DCist, “Advocate Says It Will ‘Take Some Time’ to Determine Success of Metro’s Anti-Harassment Campaign;” TBD.com, “Here’s the 28 Metro stations with anti-sexual harassment PSAs“
* Express India, “Woman cops at the forefront in drive against eve teasing“
* Emily L. Hauser – In My Head, “Helping men get it: An analogy for harassment“
* Bandit Queen Radio Show on Street Harassment
* The Goddess Festival: Oshun Returns, “Street Harassment & Race: A Sliding Scale“
Announcements:
New:
* After the attacks on women at Tahrir Square in Egypt this week, follow the hashtag #EndSH on twitter to find out what the next steps are to challenge the behavior and make the space safe for women.
Reminders:
* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.
* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment
* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!
* Help fund a new film about street harassment
* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.
* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA
* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.
* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023
* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. @LeilZahra People who suffer sexual/gender harassment/violence need support, Refer those you know to @elnadeem or hotline 01009952374 #EndSH #Egypt RT
2. @josharpen Lovely man in surbiton just told me was going to ‘shag me in the arse’. When will women be able to walk around safely? #streetharassment
3. @nattie_fattie Wolf-whistled at on my way into town by a bloke loitering in the doorway of the bookies #streetharassment
4. @NavilaRashid Eyed down at the mosque of all places. The mosque. #NotClassy #Pitiful #StreetHarassment
5. @ssvik Forgot–because it’s summer & the heat has melted brains, it’s OK to harass #women walking down the street! #sarcasm #StreetHarassment #sick
6. @HollabackBXL #LifeIsTooShortTo catcall women. Why? It NEVER works! #streetharassment #hollaback
7. @amelia_glebocki I most often experience #streetharassment while buying alcohol. Looking younger than I am brings all the creeps out of the woodwork.
8. @jennpozner Public Service Announcement: Don’t name your fave deity w/a lecherous tone & a once-over (“God BLESS u baby!”) Just don’t. #streetharassment
9. @lsarsour @Salsabeel_Nasr ofcourse they do. Thy blame us for what we wear, time we choose to walk, how we act. It’s disgusting. #endSH
10. @RadWaZ Not that I encourage violence but I see it essential that women learn self-defense #Egypt #EndSH #Fem2 #women
11. @AbirKopty The fight against patriarchy will continue until full liberation! #EndSH
12. @NihalSaad if u r defending a woman from SH ..dont touch her thinking you will calm her down. You will only make her angrier…#ENDSH #sexualharassment
13. @MAbouelSeoud People in Egypt never fail to surprise me. I still couldn’t imagine that the women protesting against sexual harassment were harassed.#EndSH
14. @monzy_83 To #endSH:I’ve been getting SHed since I was 13. I’m used to it and u won’t frighten me off the st. Fuck off and get out of my way.#Egypt
15. @sondosshabayek Fighting harassment is 1 of the causes I cld choose to die for … Proud of @sallyzohney @MennaEssamF @sallyzohney @shadi_hagras #endSH
