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June 20: Lebanese Day of Blogging against Sexual Harassment

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Mark your calendars for Monday, June 20!

Info via Facebook:

“بالتزامن مع الحملة التي أطلقها ناشطون وناشطات في مصر، ندعو الى يوم للتدوين ضد التحرش الجنسي والعنف القائم على النوع الإجتماعي في لبنان. وذلك يوم 20 حزيران.

في 20 حزيران سأخرج عن صمتي

في 20 حزيران سأرفع صوتي لأقول لا للتحرش الجنسي
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في 20 حزيران سأدون ضد التحرش والعنف

في 20 حزيران سأكتب لأتعلم أن أواجه وليتعلم الآخرون مني

في هذا اليوم سنتشارك مقالاتنا، آراءنا، قصصنا، شعرنا…على مدوناتنا وصفحات الفايسبوك وعلى موقع http://qawemeharassment.com/

DON’T FORGET: USE HASHTAG #EndSH

In parallel to the campaign launched by activists in Egypt, we call for a day to blog against sexual harassment and gender based violence in Lebanon, on June 20.

On June 20th I’ll put an end to my silence

On June 20 I will raise my voice to say no to sexual harassment
On June 20 I will blog against harassment and violence
On June 20th I will write to learn and to make others learn

On this day we will be blogging each on his/her blog or website or Facebook page and sharing our stories, thoughts, poetry, articles, here: http://qawemeharassment.com/

Don’t forget to share your stories and blogs and post the links on this site!”

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Street Harassment Snapshot: June 12, 2011

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Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.

Street Harassment Stories:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

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Holla Back DC!

Hollaback France

Hollaback Israel

Hollaback Mexico DF

Hollaback NYC

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

Hackney Gazette, “Hackney feminists to join SlutWalk protest“

Via IPS News

Inter Press Service News, “Street Harassment, Not ‘Compliments’“

Kate Spencer, “Today A Man Touched Me On The Subway And So I Hit Him“

Al-Masry Al-Youm, “The Sexual Harassment File: Can’t you girls take a little flirting?“

The World is Watching, “On fear of street harassment being ‘ridiculous’”

Bikyamasr, “Egypt men fight future with rape, sexual violence“

Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: The Perfect Victim (Part II)“

Muslim Matters, “Sex & the Ummah | Sexual Harassment: A Muslim Problem?“

North County Times, “GEEZ, LOUISE: Looking ignorant, baby“

We Mixed Our Drinks, “Street harassment on a sunny Saturday“

Laura Leu’s Cyber Funhouse, “On Harassment“

Announcements:

New:

*Learn about and help fund Hollaback’s bystander campaign, “I’ve Got Your Back“

* Sign Mend the Gap’s petition to address subway harassment in Delhi, India

* The Window Sex Project is June 25, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and it’s a FREE street harassment event for Harlem women ages 18-35.

* Anti-street harassment documentary Objectified is nominated for best documentary in the Epidemic Film Festival in San Francisco

On-going:

* Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.

* Watch the new anti-street harassment film out of Nottingham, UK.

* If you live in Atlanta, Georgia, take a MARTA survey so Hollaback Atlanta can better tackle harassment on public transportation

* College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.

* Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers

* Have an iPhone? Download the Hollaback iPhone app that lets you report street harassers

15 Tweets from the Week:

1. NvrComfortable Things a man shouldn’t say at 11:24 at night to a woman: “aye where you going girl, I was walking right behind you girl.” #streetharassment

2. kiddododo Women need new laws and a fightback if we’re going to put a stop to street harassment

3. readheadgirl tired of being harassed b/c of my looks everytime I leave the apartment. Looking nice isn’t an invitation, jerks. #streetharassment

4. Happy_Sai Street harassment is rarely, if ever complimentary. Usually it’s just creepy and disgusting #Iamnotyourproperty

5. WriteAboutIt “You got some pretty toes,” said the creepy man on the street while ogling my boobs. #streetharassment #allday #everyday

6. hollabackdc looking to make inroads (pun intended) with @metroopensdoors. anyone know of an empathetic ear there who may get #streetharassment?

7. LiahAMaccallam Why do so many men feel it’s acceptable for a woman to have to deal with sexual harassment when she walks down the street. It makes me sick.

8. mortari @fullenglish71 @mediocredave Actually, most women find unsolicited street harassment very unpleasant. It is often threatening & intimidating

9. HollabackOttawa Retweet if you think #streetharassment is NOT a compliment. I have a name and it isn’t ‘Hey baby!’

10. jezebeljenna Walking, my arms crossed in the cold, the local street harassment c’ttee issues its verdict: “I’ll hug you, you ain’t gotta hug yourself.”

11. TheBlueStone It’s not just harassment & z disgusting words they impose on our ears 4no reason than just we happen to be women on the street #egymen #WTF

12. xoAvaAdore Walked a total og 2 blocks so far. 1 catcall per block. Why do people even still do that?

13. squidla And no, creepy dude at hotel, you cannot catcall me from your hotel door. Fuck.

14. HollaBackBmore New cities that holla against #streetharassment! @ihollabackBrmUK @hollabackWY @HollabackBrasil @HollabackBristl @hollabackCHD

15. iloveeebabs For all the guys who catcall and hoot at me while i’m walking home, get some fucking decency. #stupidasswipes.

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International Anti-Street Harassment Day – Feedback & Ideas for Next Year

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The first International Anti-Street Harassment Day took place on March 20. Considering it was organized in only a month, I felt it was a big success. You can read a wrap-up article I wrote about it for The WIP.

Please provide your feedback via an online survey about International Anti-Street Harassment Day (even if you didn’t participate). It will take about 5-15 minutes to complete.

* If you participated in International Anti-Street Harassment Day, I want to hear why you decide to participate, what you did, and your ideas for next year.

* If you didn’t participate, I want to hear why not and your ideas for next year.

Thank you. Your feedback will help make next year bigger and better!

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Street harassment snapshot: March 13, 2011

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Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.

Street Harassment Stories:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!

You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

Events:

  • March 15: International Approaches to Stopping Street Harassment Talk, Georgia College, Museum Education Room, Milledgeville, GA, 5 p.m.
  • March 16: Street Harassment Workshop, Georgia College, Women’s Resource Center, Milledgeville, GA, 12:30 p.m.
  • March 19: Stop Street Harassment Talk, Old Parish House/Women’s Club
    4711 Knox Road, College Park, MD, 11 a.m.
  • March 19: HarassMap is organizing anti-street harassment activism in Cairo, Egypt!
  • March 20: International Anti-Street Harassment Day – happening all over the world!
  • March 22: HollaBack London meeting, 420 Kingsland Road, unknown time

International Anti-Street Harassment Day:

It’s only two weeks away! Participate in the first annual International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20!!!

Announcements:

New:

On-going:

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • HollabackEP Went for a lovely walk with my mom. Yeah, I still got harassed. Doesn’t matter what you’re wearing, or who you’re with. #StreetHarassment
  • bibliofeminista Street harassed on the streets of DC today by a man who yells: “Whoa, legs!” Me: “Yup, I have them.” #gross #streetharassment
  • TingyN #saynoto abuse and harassment in the street making people feel vulnerable in their every day lives
  • FeministInti Feminism isn’t a zero sum game, we can fight against street harassment, for abortion AND to end domestic violence and rape. It all counts.
  • Tweetsbian Creepy mullet dude gave me the turn-catcall-stare on a dark sidewalk. Think my ovaries have shriveled up a bit.
  • KimberlynnAce Nope…was wrong. street harassment is rampant as ever on international women’s day. All this tells me is that we gotta go to work. #iwd2011
  • Dina_T Is there some sort of sexual street harassment quota that Egyptian men are trying to achieve today? Kefaya!
  • equalitynow From FB: Passing some kind of legislation against street harassment. There is no equality while women feel unsafe. #100steps
  • SophiaAlMaria Make street-harassment a relic of pre-revolutionary #Egypt. Support http://www.harassmap.org/ on International Women’s Day.
  • disasterous007 If you ever walk alone to your car without thinking someone might attack you, this isn’t your day. #internationalwomensday
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“If you ever walk alone to your car without thinking someone might attack you, this isn’t your day.”

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International Women’s Day (the 100th anniversary, no less) is a bonanza for events, articles, and activities on women’s rights! I love it.  What a day and it’s not even 10 a.m.

At 7 a.m. today, it was chilly with a beautiful clear sky when I joined three of my AAUW coworkers and a dozen other early-risers to participate in the Washington, DC, contingency of Women for Women International‘s Meet Me on the Bridge event. While we enjoyed bagels and coffee, we gathered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial to talk about women’s rights. Then we dodged bicyclist commuters to cross the Arlington Memorial Bridge. It was inspiring to be gathered so early and to know we were part of thousands of people all over the world crossing bridges to commemorate women’s rights.

Now that I’m online, my Facebook and Twitter feeds are flooded with International Women’s  Day events, articles, and campaigns. It’s fantastic! Here are a few that stood out to me:

And here are a few of my favorite tweets!

What are you doing for International Women’s Day?

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