Not only were there important efforts to stop street harassment and memorable stories from individuals who stopped street harassers, but there were also many new resources!
Here are 30 of them:
1. A new study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shed light on the levels of discrimination faced by LGBT members of the EU community, with important findings related to how this demographic experiences street harassment.
2. “Put Yourself in Her Shoes” PSA from UN Women’s Egyptian office.
3. A PSA from Whistling Woods International, a film school in India, that forces men to consider how creeping and inappropriate their leering is. No one is entitled to another person’s body!
4. “Conceptual understandings and prevalence of sexual harassment and street harassment,” a new publication by Bianca Fileborn, a Research Officer with ACSSA at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
5. The Brooklyn Movement Center‘s “Street Harassment Spectrum” chart.
6. Estelle Freedman’s book Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation, which includes a chapter about street harassment from around 1880-1920.
7. The Fight Harassment 101 (FH101) workshop curriculum – It allows you to host your own workshop about harassment and the use of self-defense.
8. The Don’t Harass Me, Bro and Design Action Collective campaigns. You can order stickers form the first group or download them from the second and then post them around your town to bring attention to street harassment.
9. Hollaback!’s updated smartphone app that allows people in New York City to “upload, in real time, information about where they experienced harassment on the street. It creates a map of pinned locations where harassment occurs, providing near-instant feedback to the city council’s and mayor’s offices. The app collects demographic data, too, to help officials better understand the details of where harassment occurs and who it happens to.”
10. Sex educator Laci Green’s video about street harassment.Funny and informative.
11. Miri’s article about why you shouldn’t tell that random woman on the street she’s hot (lots of great talking points).
12. Our social media volunteer Julie Mastrine’s infographic about street harassment.
13. A video interview from Quiet Lunch Magazine with artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, the person behind the amazing “Stop Telling Women to Smile” project. You can bring her art work to your community!
14. “Do Not Trust My Silence,” a powerful short film about street harassment in Afghanistan (English subtitles), directed by Afghan filmmaker Sahar Fetrat. She won the first prize in Italy’s “Universocorto Elba Film Festival” for her “extreme courage of reporting the Afghan women’s condition in the streets of Kabul and for the technique of shooting with a hidden camera.”
15 The Talk 2 Q radio show segment on street harassment that gives a lot of good talking points for addressing this issue with men, especially men of color.
16. A list of 5 resources for talking with boys about sexual violence, including street harassment.
17. Jarrah O’Neill’s senior thesis for Princeton University examining the policy frameworks that sustain street harassment.
18. The University of Southern California college students’ video about street harassment, which focuses on why it’s a serious problem.
19. Kelly Gallagher’s video “I AM THE MACE,” which is about identifying herself as a weapon against street harassment.
20. Virginia high school student Julia Romero’s song about street harassment.
21. Kara Lieff‘s video “Meet Us on the Subway” about Philadelphia’s International Anti-Street Harassment Week campaign. Check out Part 1 & Part 2.
22. A new billboard-based anti-street harassment campaign in Libya.
23. Qahera, a veiled superhero who addresses issues like street harassment in Egypt, created by Deena, an Egyptian artist.
24. The report “‘It’s Dangerous to be the First’: Security Barriers to Women’s Public Participation in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen,” which includes a portion about street harassment.
25. Hollaback! Philly‘s 24-page comic book, called Hollaback: Red, Yellow, Blue, written and drawn by Erin Filson (one of the current leaders of HollabackPHILLY, along with Rochelle Keyhan and Anna Kegler) and features characters who deal with street harassment.
26. Alyson Macdonald’s Internet game that allows people to see what life is like for many women when they walk outside.
27. Amy West’s video that provides viewers with “a two minute glimpse of something that happens literally every day. I hope this inspires open dialogue about the culturally accepted ways women are treated and the real consequences of those actions.”
28. SSH’s toolkit Know Your Rights: Street Harassment and the Law
29. A list of companies whose products or ads support street harassment – find out how you can take action to stop them & suggest your own campaigns.
30. My new book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers, easy to read, accessible, and empowering.
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