Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.
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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* International Herald Tribune, “A History of Mob Violence“
* The Guardian, “Sexual harassment on public transport must stop“
* Gradient Lair, “Me. Black Men. Street Harassment. White Audience.”
* Mercury News, “Opinion: Egypt’s new president faces a test on violence against women“
* Sapphire Unbound: A Black Womanist Scholar Speaks her Mind, “Sexuality and Hair: The Day I became unwomanly and a butch“
* Trust.org, “Health and Science – The unromantic truth about ‘Eve-teasing’”
* Pygmy Loris, “Intimidation should not be a normal part of a woman’s daily routine“
* The Hindu, “Police to take steps to curb eve-teasing“
* The Nation, “Eve teasing in public parks on the rise“
* The Daily Star, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“
* Gradient Lair, “6 Common Derailment Tactics Used In Conversations About Street Harassment and Sexual Assault“
* Pro-Feminist Bro, “Street Harassment“
* XO Jane, “It happened to all of us: why casual sexual assault needs to stop being ‘just one of those things‘”
* Grazia Daily, “From Cat-Calling to Groping, Street Harassment is Everywhere…And It Happened to Me“
* Capitol Hill Style, “Discuss: The Catcall Conundrum“
* Al Jazeera, “Sexual violence rises in Egypt’s Tahrir“
* Al-Ahram, “Speaking up and speaking out“
* Egypt Independent, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“
* Ahram Online, “Breaking the silence: Mob sexual assault on Egypt’s Tahrir“
* Global Voices, “Egypt: Protest Sends Message Against Sexual Harassment“
* Heather is Desperate for Something, “Street Harassment”“
* Daily News Egypt, “Protest against sexual harassment encourages public dialogue“
* Bikya Masr, “Cover up, he can’t help himself“
Announcements:
New:
* Write about your first street harassment experience as part of Blank Noise (India)’s Recall event.
Reminders:
* If you’re in London and are willing to share your street harassment experiences, contact a student doing research there! INFO.
* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF
* 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
20 Tweets from the Week:
1. @PsteinND Ladies, if you get in a taxi in #Cairo & the driver has a broken middle finger, get out. Was just groped in #Zamalek, he deserved it. #EndSH
2. @YLigtelijn . @monaeltahawy The only way men stop SH is when public and political leaders openly and firmly denounce it and punish aggressors. #EndSH
3. @sotsoy brilliant! “@IbnLarry: The Egyptian government should establish the same program #endSH http://yfrog.com/ocrn6ngj”
4. @ClareBonnet when will people GET that #streetharassment is a violation and it is not acceptable? will it be in my generation? or will my future kids
5. @SuzeMarsupial I think pub harassment is probably as endemic as #streetharassment . Just cause we’re making merry, doesn’t mean we deserve it.
6. @MaduduzoR Policemen harassing women on the street!! #streetharassment
7. @HollaBackBmore Wanna tell the MTA about #StreetHarassment on the bus? #RateYourRide call or text: 410-205-4559. http://ow.ly/c2M8f
8. @ghazalairshad Pls RT & help @noornoor1 find the Egyptian sexual harasser who drives a navy VW Jetta w/plate # ط ق ل ٧٨٤ https://www.facebook.com/noor.ayman/pos … #endSH
9. @sallyzohney To avoid harassment and wear her sleeveless shirts my friend pretends 2 b a foreigner and it works! Men let her be. Insane #endSH
10. @NihalSaad male: I am a human being, not an animal female: I am a human being, not a bra. #ENDSH pic.twitter.com/CXi1JYZb
11. @michabalon Don’t tell me its my clothes and don’t tell me its hard for ‘them’ to get married and don’t tell me it doesn’t happen. It happens. #endSH
12. @suzeeinthecity Anyone blaming #egypt sexual harassment on religious conservatism should take walk on Tripoli streets &experience the theory refuted #endSH
13. @cliffcheney ‘Safe Tahrir for Women’ Protest begins chanting. #endSH #Egypt #Tahrir #cairo http://twitvid.com/KIC0B
14. @michabalon Standing with a gun filled with pepper spray in #Tahrir against sexual harassment. #endSH pic.twitter.com/1Lly5TrJ
15. @marxroadrunner Oh joy men trying to out macho each other and deciding to use street harassment as a way to do so.
16. @HermasFawzy For years, Egyptian #women have put up with #sexual harassment, simply for walking down the street. no more silence !!
17. @aliciapees so this just happened on fb. my reply didn’t post. probably lucky it didn’t tbf… #streetharassment #MISOGYNY pic.twitter.com/RcZY4o1i
18. @Nicole_Pandolfo Also, why does it seem like sexual harassment on the street is accepted by society as a fact rather than being seen as totally outlandish?
19. @ShareefaEnergy Love this street harassment placard held by a woman in Libya, this applies internationally http://yfrog.com/odhmhgbj
20. @Mkpinbrooklyn It starts early, and it is not a compliment #streetharassment
