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Snapshot of Street Harassment Stories, News, & Tweets: November 20, 2011

November 20, 2011 By HKearl

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

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap Egypt

Resist Harassment Lebanon

Many of the Hollaback sites

Activism Alert:

* Contact Togo’s sandwich shop to tell them their new ad trivializing street harassment is not okay!

* If you’re in Mumbia, participate in the Stop Harassing Me campaign (ends Nov. 21)

* Watch the new anti-street harassment video from The Adventures of Salwa folks and download their guide for fighting all forms of sexual harassment

In the News, on the Blogs:

* Good Men Project, “6 Ways to Help Your Daughter Deal With Sex-Based Harassment on the Street and In School” & syndicated: AlterNet.org, “6 Ways to Teach Girls How to Deal With Idiots That Sexually Harass Them on the Street“

* Jezebel, “Police Searching For Bronx Man Who Groped Six Women In Six Hours“

* Rooted in Being, “Street Harassment“

* Youth Change Global, “Egyptian women fight sexual harassment“

* Human Rights First, “Women Carving Out New Role in Egypt“

* Occupy Patriarchy, “Women Have The RIGHT To Occupy (W)all Street(s) Without Fear“

* The Times of India, “Girl assaulted, father loses his life“

* In These Times, “The Girl’s Guide to Staying Safe Online“

* Elucidated Perspectives, “Street Harassment: On taking my Power back“

* Gossip-Monthly, “Scousewives star Elissa Corrigan: Girl About Town Shouting at women in the street is not acceptable!“

* The Times of India, “Victims’ families to rally support for Zero Tolerance“

Announcements:

New:

* You can purchase the Stop Street Harassment book for 50% off right now!

Reminders:

* Sign the Zero Tolerance Campaign’s petition calling for stronger enforcement of laws banning street sexual harassment in India.

* Contact the California sandwich chain Togo’s and tell them that trivializing street harassment in their television ad is NOT okay.

* Street harassment is not okay: Watch a new 2 minutes cartoon about street harassment

* Sign the petition to tell Toronto Police to stop blaming victims for street harassment and sexual assault!!

* Contribute to the Monday “Street Respect” series that highlights the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!

10 Tweets from the Week:

1. Ssebaye7 #EndSH My harrasser today kept on saying sorry while running away..THEY R ALL COWARDS..وعلى فكرة ماكنش بدقن #Nov18

2. rickileek #streetharassment drunk dude in elevator put arm around me, pissed when I shove him and say NOPE. xcuse me, YOU violated MY personal space.

3. maps4aid Any Activists/NGOs Fighting #StreetHarassment in Delhi? Like to team up with maps4aid 4 Delhi – Stop Harassing Me! Online Reporting Site?

4. Taniaaaaa Reporting a street sexual harassment incident. (@ NYPD 115th Precinct) 4sq.com/sJLQDV

5. Salencita Oh street harassment. It’s been two whole days since I’ve seen you.

6. FeministGriote What will it take for us to take sexual harassment & sexual abuse against women/ children seriously in this society?!

7. maps4aid Today- Drunk youths molest girls going to school and flee, angry locals set liquor shop on fire. maps4aid.com/reports/view/6… #StreetHarassment

8. aliciasanchez just got a dose of #streetharassment at the colubia heights metro @hollabackdc. but the guy handing out express papers, tristan was an ally!

9. HadeelG Being at the street after mid night does NOT mean am a prostitute #endsh #egypt

10. hkearl “Stares”: Spoken Word by Philly Youth Poetry Movement Members stopstreetharassment.org/2011/11/stares/ #streetharassment

Street Harassment Stories, News Articles, & Tweets: November 13, 2011

November 13, 2011 By HKearl

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

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap Egypt

Resist Harassment Lebanon

Many of the Hollaback sites

New Activism:

* There’s new art-focused activism happening in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1) Hannah Price, a 25-year-old photographer, photographed some of her street harassers and they’re part of an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through December 4;
2) Kara Lieff, a sophomore studying Film & Media Arts and Women’s Studies at Temple University, created a PSA about street harassment for a class project.

* Street Harassment Tumblr: “Street Harassment Tumblr is just a running commentary on the normal street harassment that I experience day to day.”

In the News, on the Blogs:

* Huffington Post, “Six Ways for Dads and Moms to Help Daughters Deal With Street Harassment“

* Daily News, “Woman snaps picture of ‘coward’ in subway groping, then picks him out of lineup“

* Hello Giggles, “Dear Guys Who Make Kissy Noises at Me“

* Project Social Art, “Sex in Stock on the Street? – The Value of Women’s Bodies in Everyday Life“

* Hyphen Magazine, “Women are looking to the Internet to boldly respond to street harassment“

* Lip Magazine, “Street Harassment“

* Hindustan Times, “Squads against eve-teasing to patrol suburbs“

* The Opinioness of the World, “Guest Post: Street Harassment Stops When Men Say It Stops“

* The Linc, “‘Morning Sexy!’ – street harassment or just banter?“

* Occupy Wall Street, “Everyone has the Right to Occupy Space, Safely“

* Bikya Masr, “Egypt man killed after sexually harassing girls“

* The Forum, “Street Harassment is Still Serious: The violation of women in Dhaka’s public realm“

* The Times of India, “No quick-fix solution to curb sexual harassment menace: Prithviraj Chavan“

* Fem2.0, “The Bystander’s Intervention“

* The Times of India, “Special squad charges 12 with ‘indecent conduct‘”

* U Tv, “What should we do about sexist abuse online?“

* DNA, “Gauri Sinh: Heavy cost of protecting women in Maximum City“

Announcements:

New:

* Mumbia folks: From November 14-21, 2011, participate in the Mumbai – Stop Harassing Me Map!

Reminders:

* Sign the Zero Tolerance Campaign’s petition calling for stronger enforcement of laws banning street sexual harassment in India.

* Contact the California sandwich chain Togo’s and tell them that trivializing street harassment in their television ad is NOT okay.

* Street harassment is not okay: Watch a new 2 minutes cartoon about street harassment

* Sign the petition to tell Toronto Police to stop blaming victims for street harassment and sexual assault!!

* Contribute to the Monday “Street Respect” series that highlights the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!

10 Tweets from the Week:

1. blasianallie like do you expect us to respond to #streetharassment as if you’re complimenting us? REALLY? -_- #MenWeWantAnswers

2. mjbyars @RealtinConnor The fact is: #Prolife has done nothing but harass, intimidate, and kill women who get abortions. #prochoice #streetharassment

3. freya3377 Will they pick up this time? RT @Vidyut If you spot sexual harassment on the street, call 100 to report it #Mumbai. Let’s keep this working.

4. EndStHarassment #menwewantanswers Why do many of you catcall, whistle & shout at women on the street? It’s not a compliment to anyone. #endstreetharassment

5. nighatdad Street harassment is no difft than workplace harassment in its purpose & effect. Does law address ths form of harassment? #takebackthetech

6. kiranmanral Waiting a public place to pick up my niece and realising how omnipresent street sexual harassment is. 🙁

7. ClaireAtkinson8 Street photography easier for women? Very naive perspective, what with street harassment towards women at its highest peak.

8. ellyblue @pdxbikesnob @lovelybicycle street harassment is multi-modal. a great unifier.

9. MegRhi Here’s the asshole who thinks saying “hey baby” to me at bus stop is ok. #streetharassment #patriarchy pic.twitter.com/9IiZF5SV

10. FrenchieGlobal riding DC metro today for the 1st time in a while reminded me of why i carry pepper spray

Street Harassment Stories, Articles & Tweets: November 6, 2011

November 6, 2011 By HKearl

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

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

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog | “Street Respect” stories

HarassMap Egypt

Resist Harassment Lebanon

Many of the Hollaback sites

New Activism:

* Brooklyn Bike Patrol (NYC, USA): “Call us @ 718-744-7592 we escort women from subway stations to their homes safely in the late evenings hours.”

* Zero Tolerance Campaign (Mumbai, India): “Every woman in Mumbai, be it our mother, sister or friend has been groped or touched inappropriately at some point of time…As a campaign we have three major goals: 1) Spread awareness especially amongst the youth, that Sexual Harassment is just not acceptable and we need to be ZERO TOLERANT, be it victims or onlooker; 2) Empower women through imparting information about their rights and the existing laws to book the culprit and combat the menace; 3) Petition Shri. RR Patil through a signature campaign both online and offline. To strengthen sections 354 and 506, make them non bail-able, a move that is under consideration by the government but has not been implemented.

* maps4aid – Fighting Violence Against Women In India (India): An Innovative way to report incidents of Violence against Women, NGO Activities, Crisis Situations through Web/SMS/PhoneApps! using the famous Ushahidi platform and integrated with FrontlineSMS

In the News, on the Blogs:

* Bikya Masr, “Harassmap launches new anti-harassment campaign, as its services are requested globally“

* Yale Daily News, “BELDING: People are subjects, not objects“

* CBS New York, “‘Occupy Wall Street’ Sets Up ‘Women Only’ Tent After Sexual Violence In Zuccotti Park“

* Safe Streets AZ, “Harassment-free Halloween?“

* The ArtBlog, “Hannah Price on photographing men on the streets in Philadelphia – a new podcast“

* Gawker, “Your New Subway Hero: The Groper Smacker‘” and The Frisky, “The Woman Who Beat Up Her Subway Groper Gets Animation Treatment“

* The Times of India, “Eve-teasing double-murder: Amboli girls to cite sexual harassment, says main complainant“

* Sian and Crooked Rib, “Comment on the New Statesman“

* BBC, “Mumbai murders fuel India ‘Eve teasing’ anger,” and IBN Live, “Eve teasing: Justice for Keenan and Reuben“

* Greater Kashmir, “World is Not Just Men“

* The Times of India, “Women’s commission chief seeks arrest of college girl’s murderer“

Announcements:

New:

* Sign the Zero Tolerance Campaign’s petition calling for stronger enforcement of laws banning street sexual harassment in India.

* Contact the California sandwich chain Togo’s and tell them that trivializing street harassment in their television ad is NOT okay.

* Street harassment is not okay: Watch a new 2 minutes cartoon about street harassment

Reminders:

* Sign the petition to tell Toronto Police to stop blaming victims for street harassment and sexual assault!!

* Donate to Students Active for Ending Rape so they can mentor and teach students to advocate for safer campuses!

* If you’re in London, help a Ph.D. student out with her dissertation research by meeting to share your street harassment stories.

* Contribute to the Monday “Street Respect” series that highlights the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!

* 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

1. louisethewheeze It is not a compliment to stare and purse ones lips at a lady. makes me wonder how good of a billy club my umbrella is. #streetharassment

2. aliciasanchez wish black men would understand it’s not personal when black women don’t always want to engage with them in public spaces+

3. EVAWhd @RichardJGarside home ok thnx. Regular occurrence for all no doubt & been talking re tackling street harassment today so got me thinking x

4. sydmosley Just gave a guest lecture at John Jay College on #windowsexproject & #streetharassment. It was AMAZING.

5. Monabdelaziz Is sexual tension higher closer to Eid? The harrassment is getting way out of line these days. #EndSH

6. MaiiNewaishy It just feels so good insulting every son of a bitch that calls out something at me on the street. #endSH #Egypt

7. EndStHarassment While crossing the street some dudes yelled ‘yeah baby’ from their car at me. Made me nervous & wish I was not outside. #endstreetharassment

8. acu_margarita I am reminded of the vital importance for women to stand up to #streetharassment, a daily experience for many of us.

9. maps4aid “I ignored him and continued walking but he caught hold of my hand and slapped me four times” – Victim of #StreetHarassment #vaw #India

10. thetrudz I’m 32. By age 25ish all women have heard all pick up lines, attempts to flatter, and street harassment spiels. Now they just repeat. Yawn.

Street Harassment Snapshot: Stories, News, & Tweets: October 30, 2011

October 30, 2011 By HKearl

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

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

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog | “Street Respect” stories

HarassMap Egypt

Resist Harassment Lebanon

Hollaback Tegucigalpa

Hollaback West Yorkshire

In the News, on the Blogs:

* Racialicious, “Unsafe in Seattle”

* Feministe, “So There’s a Woman Dressed All Sexy-Like: Your Role as Observer“

* Huffington Post, “Street Harassment is Everywhere; What do We Tell Our Daughters?“

* Negin Dahya, “Big City Etiquette“

* HR Daily Advisor, “I Stopped My Harasser in His Tracks” and HR Daily Advisor, “How to Respond to a Harasser? 10 Things to Say“

* The Times of India, “On Diwali eve, many roads without street-lights“

* Reuters, “NY may close bus service that makes women sit in back“

* Gender Across Borders, “Street Culture“

* Her campus University of Leeds, “Street Harassment – The Daily Battle“

* Cool Age, “That evil called ‘street harassment‘”

* NY1, “Police Ramp Up Search For Queens Sexual Assault Suspect“

* LiveMint.com, “A girl’s guide to public speaking“

Announcements:

New:

* Sign the petition to tell Toronto Police to stop blaming victims for street harassment and sexual assault!!

Reminders:

* Participate in a “Taking Back Halloween” contest and show off your creativity for creating non-sexy costumes

* Donate to Students Active for Ending Rape so they can mentor and teach students to advocate for safer campuses!

* If you’re in London, help a Ph.D. student out with her dissertation research by meeting to share your street harassment stories.

* Contribute to the Monday “Street Respect” series that highlights the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!

* Call for men to share views/stories about street harassment

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

* 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

1. Karnythia What I will do to protect myself is nothing compared to what I will do to protect my child. You won’t be here to engage in #streetharassment

2. nualacabral Excited to speak out on #streetharassment at the Media That Matters Film Festival this wk in NYC. mediathatmattersfest.org/news/media_tha… #p2 #fem2

3. feministteacher Students @lreinyc are writing their own responses to #streetharassment via spoken word, poetry, response yfrog.com/h7bltugj @GGENYC

4. rlalita @Bell_Bajao censors should ban every Bollywood movie with eve teasing, street harassment, & any form of abuse against women. #rewrite

5. cathredfern YES. Just successfully challenged street harassment i am shaking now so much

6. MarwanAnwar #EgyptianMisconception Hitting on random girls on the streets would make you the coolest person ever born

7. VAWMonth Read today’s live chat with @BLANK_NOISE on Street Violence Against Women by following #VAWAM.

8. HollabackCHD #KeenanSantos lost his life standing up against #streetharassment He chose to speak up. Will you? chd.ihollaback.org/2011/10/keenan…

9. PamelaScully Street harassment against women is most visible symptom that society uses fear to control more than 1/2 the population. huff.to/vclgbY

10. HollaBackBmore Women don’t always have the time or safety margin to determine between #streetharassment and a compliment. ow.ly/7d6au

Snapshot of street harassment stories, news & tweets: October 16, 2011

October 17, 2011 By HKearl

(Better a day late than not at all, right? 🙂

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

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

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog | “Street Respect” stories

Hollaback West Yorkshire

From XO Jane

In the News, on the Blogs:

* Spartan Daily, “Catcalling should not be acceptable in our society“

* Coffee Talk, “Police advise girls not to wear school uniform skirts on public transit“

* xo Jane, “It Happened to Me: I Was Groped“

* ABC 7, “Victor McEachin charged with stabbing Metro bus driver“

* The Guardian, “Guatemalan women hail single-sex buses“

* Al Arabiya News, “Moroccan activists launch campaign against sexual harassment“

* The Times of India, “Bikers slash girl for protesting eve-teasing“

* Ses Turkiye, “Turkish women organise against harassment“

* The Financial Express, “Unbearable rise in ‘Eve teasing’“

* Reuters, “”Fight Back” phone app to protect women in India“

* The Good Men Project, “Men May Never Truly Understand a Day in the Life of Women. But Shouldn’t We Try“

* Jezebel, “Girls Told To Stop Wearing School Uniform Skirts To Ward Off Perv“

Announcements:

New:

* Donate to Students Active for Ending Rape so they can mentor and teach students to advocate for safer campuses!

* If you’re in London, help a Ph.D. student out with her dissertation research by meeting to share your street harassment stories.

Reminders:

* Two weeks ago Stop Street Harassment launched a new weekly “Street Respect” series highlighting the type of stories we want to see instead of street harassment stories!

* Call for men to share views/stories about street harassment

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

* 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

1. k_mukai Too many gals (me included) ignore street harassment. Kinda proud I just heard a lady say, “im not interested. go away or I will mace you”

2. nelldrik Nothing starts the day off right like a double dose of street harassment! #ohwait

3. UrbanBedu does co-ed education help men develop emotional maturity and in effect help reduce sexual harassment on the street?

4. 01_gav In other news, today my friend & I got some low-level homophobic street harassment. Slightly baffled: I don’t think we looked like a couple.

5. AlizaySteinberg One of the reasons I take cabs is so I can avoid street harassment when walking home at night. Sucks that instead, I get cabbie harassment.

6. EndStHarassment Burlington, VT – Guy wolfwhistled at me from his truck on my walk to work. Left me raw and feeling unsafe all day. #EndStreetHarassment

7. thetrudz Sometimes when ppl are really rude to me I am really polite. Like call a street harassment dude “Sir” and watch his puzzlement.

8. rosefox @divakarssathya The day women engage in street harassment is the day I stop generalizing about men being harassers.

9. beenasarwar Unacceptable. RT @nongenderous: RT @coracalliope: I hate it when people dismiss #streetharassment by saying “boys will be boys.” #sheparty

10. HannahHaniya Later I was catcalled by a middle-aged white man in a newish sedan. Easy to forget street harassment is not restricted to developing world.

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