Stop Street Harassment

Making Public Spaces Safe and Welcoming

Egyptian Activists Use Eggs to Shame Harassers

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Well, this is a creative, new and in-your-face (on-your-head?) way to raise awareness that street harassment is not okay!

Via Observers:

“Egyptian activists recently took to the streets of Cairo to crack eggs on the heads of men who bragged about inappropriately touching women … They began by just starting casual conversations with men on the street. They chatted with them for a while, to put them at ease. Then, the activists ask a few targeted questions about street harassment. Often, the men they were talking to actually started bragging about touching women. When this happened, that was the activists’ cue to crack an egg on the person’s head.”

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Two Hours of Walking as a Woman in Costa Rica

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Here’s a new video about street harassment from Rene Montiel Bonilla, a Costa Rican filmmaker, who filmed a woman (Laura Leon) walking through San Jose for two hours.

Bonilla explained that 61.7% of the 2.4 million women in Costa Rica have reported being victims of street harassment and that she “decided to make a short documentary to do something about it,” according to QCostaRica.

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UK Study Shows Objectification, Street Harassment Affects Girls

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Each year, Girlguiding, the UK’s leading charity for girls and young women, asks girls what they think through our Girls’ Attitudes Survey. They collect the views of over 1,600 girls and young women aged 7 to 21 across the country.

This year’s report shows that safety in public spaces is a big concern.

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So is objectification. Sadly, 36% of seven to 10-year-old girls believe they are rated more on their looks than their abilities.

Overall, Girlguiding says its survey shows girls and young women face “multiple, compound pressures” including exposure to images that objectify women, sexist online abuse and street harassment.

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“I was just trying to catch a train”

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When I was walking towards the metro station, a guy leered at me the whole time. As I walked by, I didn’t turn when he said something to me. After I was a few feet away, he said, “Stuck up bitch” repeatedly. I was just trying to catch a train.

Optional: Do you have any suggestions for dealing with harassers and/or ending street harassment in general?

Other men need to speak up and say this is unacceptable

– Anonymous

Location: Suitland Metro, Maryland

Need support? Call the toll-free National Street Harassment hotline: 855-897-5910

Share your street harassment story for the blog.
See the book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers for ideas.

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