Theresa Makwara reports: “Today Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association took it to the streets against Street Harassment by distributing fliers in Harare! People were accepting the messages and some were encouraging us to carry on with the good work!”

 

Tomorrow is the final and biggest day of action for International Anti-Street Harassment Week! No matter where you are, I hope you can join us in taking back our streets and raising awareness in our communities that street harassment happens and it isn’t okay.

Here are the events happening worldwide.

Here are sample messages you can use for your signs, sidewalk chalk messages, and more, even if you are going out alone or with just one friend. You can also get ideas from viewing photos of what people have done so far this week.

If you can, take a photo of your action and send it to us!

Fernlily Healing Arts organized an awareness initiative at Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon, today for International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

“The event was a success, the public was thoroughly engaged, and many women joined in and used the chalk to speak out against street harassment and sexual harassment. We also had many men who were curious…We will plan more art and movement activism events around Stopping Street Harassment Against Women. The more we stand up and make ourselves public, the more we can engage and educate the general public to help make changes towards eradicating sexually harassment against women.”

Youth from more than 30 districts of Nepal got together on one platform “National Youth Forum 2013″ today. At the end of the workshop, they showed solidarity to the Anti-Street Harassment Campaign by conducting a Walk from Gyaneshwor to Sundhara, stopping on the major busparks for quiet demonstration of the slogans against harassment in public spaces. Each of them made their own Chart to carry with them. The public stopped by to read the charts and also to ask questions.”  – Smriti RDN, Field Research Coordinator, Safe Cities and Unpaid Care Work Research Initiatives

View the photo album.

Read more about what’s happening in Nepal for International Anti-Street Harassment Week!

A lot of great media sites are covering the topic of street harassment and International Anti-Street Harassment Week right now! Here’s a list.

Check out the HuffPost Live 30 minute segment on street harassment that aired Tuesday featuring Nuala Cabral, co-founder of FAAN Mail and a Stop Street Harassment board member, Nihal Saad Zaghloul who founded Imprint Movement, Debjani Roy the Deputy Director at Hollaback, Pierre Berastain. Director of Media Relations at the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, and me.
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