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Peru Passes a law, one is introduced in Panama

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The Peruvian government officially passed the law against street harassment that the Congress approved earlier this month.

Meanwhile in Panama, Ana Matilde Gómez, an independent member of Panama’s National Assembly introduced a bill that would criminalize street harassment. It would also outlaw bullying, stalking, racism and all forms of sexual harassment. It also calls for developing public policies aimed at preventing these problems.

 

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Chinese Embassy Protest in Washington, DC

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Stop Street Harassment and SlutWalk D.C. took a stand outside the Chinese Embassy today for the five Chinese women who are now on day 17 of their detention. They were detained simply for planning to distribute information about sexual harassment on the transit system….something that SSH advocates people do and do ourselves. NOT OKAY.

Have you signed the petition yet? http://tinyurl.com/md7rfmc ‪#‎FreetheFive

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Help Create a Safe Shopping Space for Afghan Women

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My friend Noorjahan who is an amazing feminist activist from Afghanistan shared this with me.  I am donating and hope some of SSH’s readers can too… let’s help Afghan women have a safe place to shop (the store will sell underwear, among other items, and currently women’s only option is to buy those items at stores with all male employees) and a source of income!

“Recently, two Afghan women opened a store called Herat Design to provide a few women with jobs and create a safe space for women to shop in Kabul. The store is run and owned by women and a part of its profit goes to a local orphanage in Herat. Economic empowerment of women is essential for gender equality and progress in Afghanistan so they made this GoFundMe campaign to help them keep the store open and provide more women with jobs! Please consider making a small donation.
Here is a break down of how the money will be spent.
GoFundMe fee: Around $200
12-month salary for a female shopkeeper: $1800
6-month rent and some marketing for the store: $1,000
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Take Action to #FreetheFive Women Detained in China

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Hong Kong protest. Credit: Luk Kit-ling

Five Chinese women (Wu Rongrong, Wei Tingting, Li Tingting, Wang Man and Zheng Churan) who were planning a ‬ protest against sexual harassment on public transportation for International Women’s Day are still being illegal detained. (NPR did a great segment two days ago on one of the women, Li Tingting, whose actions I’ve featured on the blog before. She was part of a protest in 2012 after authorities at the Shanghai transit authority blamed women for “inviting” men to grope them.)

A big protest was held in Hong Kong today. #FreetheFive

Free Chinese Feminists shared the message below on their Facebook page… it is important because protests are getting shut down & info blocked in China…

“Please organise protests at Chinese embassies in your counties. They are listed here: http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/china International solidarity action is needed urgently…by writing to the Chinese authorities and staging demonstrations demanding the release of the ‘China 5’. Send copies and photos of your protests for us to publicise at: cwi.china@gmail.com
http://chinaworker.info/en/2015/03/21/9882/“

If you’re in Washington, D.C. SSH and SlutWalk DC are co-hosting a protest at the Chinese Embassy (3505 International Place, Northwest, Washington, D.C. ) on Monday, March 23, 5:30 pm. Info.

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#YouthWill Tweet Chat Today

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All day today, thousands of people will be sharing ideas on how to end ‪#‎StreetHarassment‬ through an online conversation conducted by NGOs from various countries, including Stop Street Harassment We invite you to participate and share your ideas! Use: ‪#‎YouthWill‬

Participating groups:

Twitter:
@ocacchile @ocaccolombia @ocacnic @hollaback242 @equality242 @HollabackTC @HollabackHRM @hollabackmumbai @atrevetebogota @noacosocalles @StopStHarassmnt @ThinkOlga

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