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* @fluffmuffin10 call for further research participants in #streetharassment study. Send me an message if interested in being interviewed on ur experiences

* Watch Chescaleigh talk catcalls.

* Watch Anum Khan’s new video “What Men Say to Men Who Harass Women on the Streets” in Egypt

Reminders:

* After the attacks on women at Tahrir Square in Egypt this week, follow the hashtag #EndSH on twitter to find out what the next steps are to challenge the behavior and make the space safe for women.

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* 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

20 Tweets from the Week:

1. @ScarletRegina Today, I opted not to walk to a store b/c I didn’t want to deal with being harassed. That’s how prevalent & limiting #streetharassment is.

2. @rev_melissa The fact that I bite the inside of my lip every time I pass a male on the street, in fear of #streetharassment <<<<<<<<<<

3. @HollabackBXL #WhoSaidItWasOk to catcall if she’s got a short skirt? It’s NEVER ok! #hollabackbrussels #hollaback #streetharassment #brussels #bruxelles

4. @ShayRealEstate Parents, please teach your sons that #StreetHarassment is violating and disgusting! At red-lights, gas stations, stores, ect..Too much!

5. @RaiWalk Reading about #StreetHarassment makes my faith in humanity lower…

6. @middle_ladle “Hey, baby, I love your stripey socks!” Hey, guy. I now feel gross, dirty, and unsafe from your #streetharassment.

7. @citygirldc Ugh! Hate it when men act like they r @ the club on their jobs – delivery men, garbage men, police….#streetharassment

8. @ashcampaign Founder @vicky_simister is off to Scotland Yard this eve to meet the Commissioner and discuss tackling #streetharassment!

9. @eldiadia I calmly flipped him off, looked him in the eye, and slowly and deliberately mouthed the words “Fuck You.” #streetharassment #resistance

10. @LauraJeanGrey Wahey second time in a week some prick shouts at me from a car! Lucky me! I feel SO pretty. Twat. #streetharassment

11. @BLANK_NOISE the one way to make the street safe is to make sure you’re outside. #actionhero numbers matter. be visible. #safecities #streetharassment

12. @angrierangel Also, being w/o my #bike has made me re-realize that often I choose walking routes based on avoiding #StreetHarassment #Sad #CultureFail

13. @wlp1 Compelling short film on #StreetHarassment by young #women in #Jordan, who have since received threats. Please RT: http://bit.ly/JXxXH0 #VAW

14. @squirrel_handed Also to the creepy, leering dude I passed on the street: What you said was not a compliment. It was harassment. #gofuckyourself

15. @ClareBonnet i don’t give a flying fuck if you don’t think street harassment doesn’t exist. it does exist, and you will never shut me up.

16. @EverydaySexism @niffalou__ that’s often one of the worst things about street harassment – the feeling it’s so normalised that noone bats an eyelid

17. @Idzie Seriously, fuck anyone who EVER tries to say that any type of street harassment is “flattering” women. Fuck. No. #feminism

18. @JLPisJLPisJLP @HarrietThugman I hate the street harassment. How they follow us, try to touch us, say such foul stuff, pull up in a car jerking off, etc.

19. @jungleline @ashcampaign Harassed again on Hackney Rd, 2nd time this week. Street harassment is such a constant, tiring intrusion into women’s lives.

20. @HarrietThugman When WILL Black men come together to fight issues that affect Black women? Street harassment against women? Hmm.

Egyptian Women Refuse to be Silent

June 11, 2012 By HKearl

I’m cross-posting an article I wrote for Ms. Magazine’s Blog.

Violence against women demonstrators in Egypt erupted again on Tuesday when a frenzied mob of 200 men sexually assaulted a female protester in Tahrir Square. Then, during a rally on Friday to protest the incident, about 50 women and their male allies were themselves brutalized and chased away by another mob.

Journalist Ghazala Irshad, who was on the scene Friday, says that just as the small anti-harassment protest was gathering steam, the atmosphere shifted. “A few guys were like, ‘Why are you talking about this, there are more important issues to talk about?’ [Then] some guys started saying the women protesting were whores.”

Next, a phalanx of outside men overwhelmed the protective circle of male allies and cornered and groped the women. Rally organizer Sally Zohney says, “[The violence] started with individual cases of assaults against women in the march [and] then turned into beating and chasing everyone involved. Even men were badly beaten and attacked. It was very brutal.”

Participants were forced to flee for their safety.

Sadly, the violent scene is just the latest of many. Since the military took power last February, countless women–including journalists Lara Logan, Mona Eltahawy and Caroline Sinz, Egyptian actor Sherihan and the “woman in the blue bra“–have been groped and sexually assaulted by men in Tahrir Square. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other women have experienced verbal sexual harassment in a place that is supposed to symbolize freedom.

The lack of safety for women in the square symbolizes, instead, just how little women have benefited from the revolution they helped create. While pre-revolutionary Egypt was notorious for street harassment–a 2008 study by the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) found that over 80 percent of Egyptian women had experienced it–the 18-day uprising in January and February 2011 was an unprecedented moment in which women could move freely in public space. Women seized the chance to become key players in the protests. “In 3 weeks of revolution we experienced no sexual harassment by men,” one woman told the Israeli paper Haaretz. “What civilization emerged! What culture!”

But that swiftly changed. Marchers in an International International Women’s Day 2011 demonstration in Tahrir Square were violently attacked. Months of assaults on women protesters followed. Some of the perpetrators have worn civilian clothes; others have been uniformed military police. During the violent government crackdown on pro-democracy protests this fall, which claimed more than 80 lives, over 100 women report being subjected to invasive “virginity tests” by the military.

Zohney believes that the attacks are systematic and fueled by unknown organized groups–whether by the military regime or others, she isn’t certain. She sees them as an attempt to discourage protests by intimidating revolutionaries and painting them in a bad light. Many of her friends have been attacked. Yet, she says, no serious security measures have been taken to stop the assaults. As a result, many women have avoided Tahrir Square, losing the opportunity to be full participants in the political process.

On the other hand, some women have spoken out against the violence. Logan, Eltahawy and others told their stories to the media. Women regularly share their harassment stories online. But, unfortunately, as on Friday, they, too, experience backlash and harassment.

If broad attempts to curb harassment in Egypt succeed, Tahrir Square may become safer for women protesters. Rebecca Ciao, a co-founder of Egyptian safe-streets organization HarassMap, says her group plans to continue conducting community outreach, spotlighting stories of harassment and allowing people to easily report incidents on an online map. Groups such as HarassMap, ECWR and the United Nations’ Safe Cities Programme have long spearheaded anti-harassment actions such as online story sharing, community safety audits, meetings, rallies, radio ads and, last month, a human chain against street harassment.

The attacks on women are also sparking anger among regular citizens. The “woman in the blue bra” became a national martyr, drawing thousands to march in solidarity in December.

No matter how many attacks they face, these brave women and men plan to speak out. Zohney and others are planning a multipronged response to Friday’s attacks that will include a larger, more organized march, as well as online testimonials by Friday’s victims and calls for more security in Tahrir Square. Activist Leil Zahra Mortada wrote in a Facebook post accompanying a photo album from the Friday march:

No matter how deep the wounds are, no matter how many times we get attacked or will be attacked, this will not stop nor silence us. More actions are planned, more noise will be made, and more proactive steps will be taken. We will see the end of sexual harassment and assault, both state-organized and individual! We will take down patriarchy, sexism and every form of violence based on gender or sexuality!

Brava. It is clear Egypt’s revolution will be incomplete until women win the streets.

Snapshot of street harassment stories, news, announcements & tweets: June 10, 2012

June 10, 2012 By HKearl

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Huffington Post, “Alarming assaults on women in Egypt’s Tahrir“

* Soundmigration, “Demonstration Against Sexual Harassment Attacked in Tahrir #endsh“

* NewStatesman, “Egyptian protesters against sexual assault are sexually assaulted“

* MSNBC, “Women brave attack to protest sexual harassment in Egypt“

* Women Under Siege, “It’s not a revolution for those left behind“

* Zaghaleel, “We said NO and they said YES“

* Sian and Crooked Rib, “My body is not your property – street harassment“

* ABC7, “Metro begins anti-sexual harassment ad campaign;” DCist, “Advocate Says It Will ‘Take Some Time’ to Determine Success of Metro’s Anti-Harassment Campaign;” TBD.com, “Here’s the 28 Metro stations with anti-sexual harassment PSAs“

* Express India, “Woman cops at the forefront in drive against eve teasing“

* Emily L. Hauser – In My Head, “Helping men get it: An analogy for harassment“

* Bandit Queen Radio Show on Street Harassment

* The Goddess Festival: Oshun Returns, “Street Harassment & Race: A Sliding Scale“

Announcements:

New:

* After the attacks on women at Tahrir Square in Egypt this week, follow the hashtag #EndSH on twitter to find out what the next steps are to challenge the behavior and make the space safe for women.

Reminders:

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* 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. @LeilZahra People who suffer sexual/gender harassment/violence need support, Refer those you know to @elnadeem or hotline 01009952374 #EndSH #Egypt RT

2. @josharpen Lovely man in surbiton just told me was going to ‘shag me in the arse’. When will women be able to walk around safely? #streetharassment

3. @nattie_fattie Wolf-whistled at on my way into town by a bloke loitering in the doorway of the bookies #streetharassment

4. @NavilaRashid Eyed down at the mosque of all places. The mosque. #NotClassy #Pitiful #StreetHarassment

5. @ssvik Forgot–because it’s summer & the heat has melted brains, it’s OK to harass #women walking down the street! #sarcasm #StreetHarassment #sick

6. @HollabackBXL #LifeIsTooShortTo catcall women. Why? It NEVER works! #streetharassment #hollaback

7. @amelia_glebocki I most often experience #streetharassment while buying alcohol. Looking younger than I am brings all the creeps out of the woodwork.

8. @jennpozner Public Service Announcement: Don’t name your fave deity w/a lecherous tone & a once-over (“God BLESS u baby!”) Just don’t. #streetharassment

9. @lsarsour @Salsabeel_Nasr ofcourse they do. Thy blame us for what we wear, time we choose to walk, how we act. It’s disgusting. #endSH

10. @RadWaZ Not that I encourage violence but I see it essential that women learn self-defense #Egypt #EndSH #Fem2 #women

11. @AbirKopty The fight against patriarchy will continue until full liberation! #EndSH

12. @NihalSaad if u r defending a woman from SH ..dont touch her thinking you will calm her down. You will only make her angrier…#ENDSH #sexualharassment

13. @MAbouelSeoud People in Egypt never fail to surprise me. I still couldn’t imagine that the women protesting against sexual harassment were harassed.#EndSH

14. @monzy_83 To #endSH:I’ve been getting SHed since I was 13. I’m used to it and u won’t frighten me off the st. Fuck off and get out of my way.#Egypt

15. @sondosshabayek Fighting harassment is 1 of the causes I cld choose to die for … Proud of @sallyzohney @MennaEssamF @sallyzohney @shadi_hagras #endSH

Snapshot of street harassment stories, news, announcements & tweets: June 3, 2012

June 3, 2012 By HKearl

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

** Sign up to receive a monthly e-newsletter from Stop Street Harassment ***

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Adios Barbie, “21st Century Street Harassment: Sneaky Snapshots on Public Transportation“

* France 24, “How bad is sexual harassment in Egypt? Our Observer rode a bus in Cairo to find out“

* Welcome to Kosovo 2.0, “Kosovo’s Streets: A woman’s perspective“

* The F Word Blog, “Street harassment starts young“

* Story qday x4d, “Today In Street Harassment“

* Nice Girls…Like Sex Too, “Do You Understand Street Harassment Now?“

* The Vagenda, “My Sexual Harassment Diary“

* Sarah w Polsce, “Pride“

* Lipstick Feminist, “I’ve seen a lot of posts lately on street harassment and thought I’d add my two cents“

* Hackney Gazette, “Sexist builders in Stoke Newington face sack after harassing women“

* FEMegal, “I ain’t yo’ baby: Street Harassment“

* Awesome Women of Twitter, “Street Harassment – Hollaback!“

* Turkish Websites, “Standing up to street harassment one story at a time“

* The Guy They Call Jay, “Women Are People Too“

* About-Face, “VisitPhilly city campaign sanctions street harassment”

Announcements:

New:

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

Reminders:

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* 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. @snaggle_tooth 1 reason why talking about street harassment can be difficult:sometimes it’s read as boasting by idiots who think being harassed=a compliment

2. @freedom_writer Downtown Oakland is an abyss of unforgiving and threatening sexual/street harassment. Not looking forward to walking to work today.

3. @EverydaySexism One step at a time: new post on http://everydaysexism.com describes successfully taking action against street harassment

4. @hollabackWY If I encounter any street harassment before Wednesday I shall shout at the perpetrator “DOES THE QUEEN KNOW YOU BEHAVE LIKE THAT?” #jubilee

5. @woefulfolly That’s sh*t. they were sh*t. RT @smallerworld: Ah, intimidating verbal sexual harassment on the street. Never gets tired, big clever men.

6. @REVOfucknLUTION Beyonce is definitely my best weapon against street harassment. Also bear mace

7. @ChrystalClear_ This is why I dislike and left Buenos Aires > Street Harassment: Is It Ever OK? NO http://www.seeknewtravel.com/street-harassment-is-it-ever-ok/ via @kitwhelan

8. @ashleyfryer Just got a ‘ding dong’ from a builder on the Strand. Retro classic street harassment! Needless to say he was dispatched painfully.

9. @AdiosBarbie “I feel like I’m in a catalog for rapists” says one woman who shockingly found her photo taken & posted without… http://fb.me/17PzvSmXZ

10. @FoxyJazzabelle And with summer coming & much “airier” clothing being worn, time to mentally prepare for the street harassment. -_-

11. @REVOfucknLUTION Is there a street harassment guidebook handed out? Because they ALL come with that same wack shit.

12. @DABifyouletme Can’t even wear a tank top without attracting creepers. RT @FeministaJones Another reason I don’t like summer: Street Harassment.

13. @LinseyLins There are so many street-harassment apologists out here who swear that men mean NO WRONG when they ask us to smile. Well, pls see exhibit A

14. @tofightandfly “I love street harassment! It really makes me want to give you my number” -SAID NO ONE EVER.

15. @tori_AH There needs to be a strategy pamphlet created and distributed to lay out creative and DIRECT responses to street harassment. Any tips???

Snapshot of street harassment stories, news, announcements & tweets: May 27, 2012

May 27, 2012 By HKearl

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

** Sign up to receive a monthly e-newsletter from Stop Street Harassment ***

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Guardian, “Four in 10 young women sexually harassed in public spaces, survey finds;” Mail Online, “Catcalls, wolf whistles and groping: How 40% of young women in London have suffered sexual harassment in public places;” MSN UK, “Sexual harassment ‘common’ in city;” The Independent, “Catcalls, whistles, groping: the everyday picture of sexual harassment in London;” itv News, “Sexual harassment ‘common’ in London;” The Independent, “Only 4 in 10? We should speak up about harassment;” Guardian, “Sexual harassment is no laughing matter;” International Business Times, “Sexual Harassment of Women in London at Shocking Levels“

* The Independent i Editor’s Letter: “No means no”

* The Independent, “Why do some men consider the street as a female meat market?“

* Ireland Independent, “Laurie Penny: Why do so many men harass women on the streets? it might seem funny, but it’s not“

* The Times of India, “Kolkata organises ‘SlutWalk‘”

* Global Voices, “Bangladesh: Using Blogging to Expose ‘Eve Teasing’“

* IRIN, “NEPAL: Women demand end to sexual harassment“

* Rookie, “It Happens All the Time“

* Taking the Lane, “Street harassment: Anatomy of a pain in the ass“

* ESPN-W, “Hollaback! helps women fight harassment“

* Guardian, “Indian women turn to firearms against threat of violence“

* Queen Stardust, “It Happens All the Time: Street Harassment“

* Seek New Travel, “Is Street Harassment Ever Ok?”

* My San Antonio, “Schlitterbahn custodian busted for photographing women“

* Jezebel, “How Do We Make Street Harassment Go Away?“

* Midsummer Adieu, “A Middle-Aged Man Leered at Me Yesterday“

Announcements:

New:

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* If you’re in DC, come out for a FREE event about street harassment in Kabul, Afghanistan and Washington, DC, on Tues, May 29, 5:45 p.m. at the MLK library.

Reminders:

* In NYC on June 2 — “Queerocracy presents QRASH Course: Queers Resisting All Street Harassment“

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* Change.org petition: Tell VisitPhilly.com: Please place advertisements that reflect the true value of our city.

* Read a report about the events of Anti-Street Harassment Week 2012.

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* 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. @dechanique Walking to Rosette’s. 40’s Latino man leans in close as I pass by & whispers “Que sabrossa” (how tasty). I was disgusted. #streetharassment

2. @froovyjosie got harassed again today. summer sucks. can’t wear a skirt without idiots bothering you. #streetharassment

3. @vicky_simister @MiniMapuche I’ve heard “Boys will be boys”, but that implies men can’t control themselves, another implausible reason #streetharassment

4. @defense4women @hkearl Clothing is just another excuse men use to make unwanted comments or advances.

5. @HollaBackBmore #BestThingInLife: A day in a sundress without any #streetharassment! Let us live our summer lives in peace!

6. @selise3 @froovyjosie @hkearl Sadly, it doesn’t matter what you wear– I’m never in shorts or skirts, yet often harassed. 🙁

7. @selise3 I’m not a jerk, but if you want to start a friendly chat, opening with, “Oooh, yeah, BABY!” is not the way to go about it. #StreetHarassment

8. @londonfeminist Clue: if your flirting is mistaken for street harassment, you’re doing it wrong. HTH.

9. @SarahGraham7 I don’t think I know a single woman who didn’t experience it in Paris, and I don’t know many who haven’t at home. #streetharassment

10. @Emilie_V Just talked to a (male) friend abt #streetharassment stats- his immediate response ‘women ask for it by wearing short skirts’.

11. @EVAWhd Do YOU call out sexual harassment when you see it in the street or public transport? Speak out against #streetharassment

12. @beckypants The fact that I happen to be female is public does not make me public property. Grrrr #streetharassment

13. @beatrzcm #Streetharassment isn’t a joke, it’s violence against #women http://ow.ly/b9b8c and we are standing up against it @iHollaback #VAW

14. @BlackWomensBP #Streetharassment contributes to #rapeculture

15. @saltyfree Who wants to help me start a non-profit that provides headphones & sunglasses to girls to help avoid street harassment?

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