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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Street Harassment in South Africa
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* The Guardian, “Mona Eltahawy: Egyptian women are sexually harassed at every level of society – video“
* Egypt Independent, “Security officials: 727 cases of sexual harassment reported over Eid“
* Ahram Online, “300 cases of sexual harassment in first half of Eid: Watchdog“
* NPR, “Vigilantes Spray-Paint Sexual Harassers In Cairo“
* ABC News, “Sexual Harassment Spikes Over Egyptian Holiday“
* Globe & Mail, “How to stop sexual harassment on Cairo streets? A can of spray paint“
* Trust Law, “Egyptian women fight back against harassment“
* Mail Online, “French ministers to be sent on anti-sexism courses after female MP is wolf-whistled by men in parliament”
* Gothamist, “Video: Brave Woman Confronts Subway Jerk Who Spits On Her“
* Melinda Tankard Reist, “How street harassment alters the way we see ourselves: ‘Hollaback!’ launches in Australia“
Announcements:
New:
* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“
* Meet Stop Street Harassment’s new social media volunteers!
* Download new classroom lesson plans about street harassment.
* Student groups at UC Santa Barbara held an anti-harassment campaign for Halloween
* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming
Reminders:
* There are new anti-street harassment groups in Australia and Nepal
* Read an interview with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh about her beautiful art work against street harassment
* What did street harassment look like in 1945?
* @Shefunionwomcom We are collating stories of women’s experiences of street harassment. If you have a story please email it to womens.committee@shef.ac.uk
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
* 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.@kkatyrose First, #streetharassment is NOT a compliment. Second, hollering “Ni Hao, Baby” at me is DOUBLY offensive. #disgustedatsexistracistjerks
2. @grayshonnn Just to prove that #streetharassment isn’t about attraction, someone called me “whore” out of their car window. I was wearing my work…
3. @LoneXionc So construction workers definitely still catcall to women. And here I thought that was an outdated stereotype. Ah well.
4. @goffjuice Catcall a girl on a skytrain platform and it will be your fault when you find yourself on the tracks.
5. @glossedover Anyone who doesn’t think male privilege is a thing is invited to experience street harassment as a woman.
6. @IranLGBT I don’t think level of Street Harassment in Iran is as awful as in Egypt, but, well, Iranians do not talk about it much. I wish we did.
7. @GheeGoddess Just harassed for while walking two blocks. Scariest street harassment ever.
8. @freedom_writer If you want to avoid street harassment in downtown Oakland, dress up as a woman in a binder! @ihollaback pic.twitter.com/9GGmDVkK
9. آلاء مراد @Abjadeya I got harassed by a guard at the wall of the presidential palace today #EndSH #cairo #egypt
10. @Gsquare86 Unbelievable overt verbal sexual harassment around #Tahrir ..the things that were said to me, make me want to throw up #endsh
11. @HollabackOttawa I’m not your trick or your treat. #EndStreetHarassment #Hollaween
12. @jgeady @hkearl my wife was approached 5x on 20min subway ride. Her costume was witch: hat, cape, and long black dress she once wore to a wedding
13. @ami_angelwings I think the most street harassment & ppl asking me out I’ve ever gotten is whenever I’m wearing that hoodie, which is usually in fall
14. @MullenKat Good point! RT @NavyaNaik street harassment esp pernicious on my campus during halloweekend..women get targeted 4 certain costumes #sheparty
15. @ArriannaMarie What compels you to accost me w your sexist/misogynistic catcalls? Yet another reminder that public spaces are masculine spaces? #harassment
