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Street Harassment Stories:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in  Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* LA Magazine, “Street Harassment’s #1 Enemy Rolls into Town“

* Hollaback Boston, “Race, Street Harassment and Identity“

* iDiva, “Fear, Pain, and Life in a Big Metro“

* Times of India, “Women’s group strips tempos of music systems“

* The Guardian, “Sexual harassment is ‘normal’ in clubs, but are things about to change?“

* Ahram Online, “Fighting sexual harassment“

* BuzzFeed, “11 Films That Make Sexual Harassment A Joke“

* The Dakota Student, “Catcalls less than complimentary“

* Daily News & Analysis, “This Holi ride safely, traffic police on a lookout“

* The Stranger, “Responding to Street Harassment: A Bystander’s Guide“

* The Daily Beast, “Laws Protecting Women From Upskirt Photo Assaults Fall Short“

* The Hindu, “Look in the mirror“

* Community Times, “One woman seeks to reclaim public space for all women in Egypt“

* Gradient Lair, “Racism IS Relevant In Street Harassment. But Not In the Racist Way Regularly Assumed“

Announcements:

New:

*Thanks to so many generous donors, the national street harassment survey was completed last week and the national report will be released in May.

Reminders:

* If your group, organization, or campus plans to participate in International Anti-Street Harassment Week, please contact Holly (hkearl @ stopstreetharassment.org) and we can add you to the list of participating co-sponsors.

10 Tweets From the Week:

* @tamzinrose: it’s kind of amazing how much more street harassment i get when i am wearing a dress (with opaque tights) vs when i am wearing jeans

* @carolynlb: Now up to 3 incidents of #streetharassment this weekend. #endsh What I’d like to do to every creeper: http://media.giphy.com/media/za0WewKzFf0ME/giphy.gif

* @sarrusophones: why is street harassment still a thing? like, who actually thinks that it’s ok or that girls are flattered by it

* @Karnythia: mind you, when my locs were long I almost couldn’t hack the uptick in street harassment that comes along with being femme & black in Chicago.

* @UraidahH: The sun is out, let the #streetharassment begin. Sigh… walking to brunch @StopStHarassmnt #nyc

* @slowdumbshowman: Guys, if a woman reveals that she is a survivor of sexual assault or street harassment, do not respond with, “Not all men…”.

* @emzeymp: @jennygadget I would hope we acknowledge this often. Every time I’ve been SH’d, it has been by a man at least double my age. @StopStHarassmnt

* @courteousholBir: Please relay the message to boys that catcalling is never a good thing and they shouldn’t do it

* @allyrhodesmusic: reminder that catcalling is not meant to flatter women, its only purpose is to make us feel unsafe

* @asti_spumante: I like reading books about @HillaryClinton in public. It keeps annoying, ignorant men from catcalling/harassing you. that’s right, run away.

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Street Harassment Stories:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* Huffington Post, “When Was the First Time You Were Harassed?“

* Daily Californian, “University to finalize new sexual harassment policy“

* Free Press Journal, “Residents take out rally, submit memo to SP“

* Jakarta Post, “Four men on trial for sexual harassment“

* National Journal, “How the 1920s Woman Dealt with Cat-Calling Men on the Street“

* The Hindu, “Rise in eve-teasing, molestation cases on trains: Railways“

* Times in India, “Girl escapes acid attack, accused sent to jail“

* The Daily Star, “India has moved far into the lead in fighting sexual harassment“

* Oman Tribune, “Eve-teasing, abuse on trains rise“

* Al-Monitor, “Saudi women turn to social media to combat harassment“

* Hollaback, “Week In Our Shoes: HOLLA Is Where The Heart Is Edition“

* Egyptian Chronicles, “One Billion Rising Flash Mob in #Cairo“

* Philly, “When a woman runner becomes men’s target“

* Times of India, “Youth tails woman, stabs her to death“

* Feminist Times, “I was sexually harassed more when pregnant and with my kids“

Announcements:

New:

Stop Street Harassment is moving forward with the national street harassment study but we need to raise a bit more money to cover the costs of producing the report. Please consider donating $10 or more to make this happen.

Reminders:

* If your group, organization, or campus plans to participate in International Anti-Street Harassment Week, please contact Holly (hkearl @ stopstreetharassment.org) and we can add you to the list of participating co-sponsors.

* We’re still collecting stories about the street harassment of LGBQTAI people for a new web section — please considering sharing yours, if relevant!

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @SirenSteamrollr: @debjroy @StopStHarassmnt I wish that #streetharassment made it into mandatory lectures at school about being kind & respectful

* @duckyfem: Seattle I luv ya but plz no #StreetHarassment, even during #HowSeattleRiots. My Body is Not Your Wonderland http://bit.ly/1gbxVvN

* @debjroy: Q3: Wish the adults in my life took #streetharassment seriously back in the day instead of telling me to ignore it #homework4harassers

* @harbottlestores: Bloke with a quite special swaggery walk: *whistle*. Me, suppressing yawn: ‘Oh… get a grip, child’. #endSH #streetharassment #hollaback

* @lesegomainama: Men watch other men execute #StreetHarassment of women and don’t intervene, matter of fact the silence seems to encourage it.

* @Kristinesosaaa: Awkward moment when these guys at the gas station that were catcalling me are my neighbors…

* @jasonwaterfalls: gettin stared at everywhere u go not bein able to walk anywhere by urself catcalls bein in fear for ur LIFE just girly things

* @cferggg: For all the female runners that have almost gotten scared off the road by catcalls & honks, I know I’m not alone: http://bit.ly/1gMEYgr

* @vvolvess: i wish i could become a fire breathing dragon and destroy every man that catcalls me or stares at me creepily while i walk/run

* @iUseScaryWords: Catcalling is another way to remind women that we don’t own our bodies. Not a compliment. #homework4harassers

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Street Harassment Stories

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Times of India, “Bazarkhala tense after clash over eve-teasing”

* Jakarta Post, “Sexual harassment victims face hurdles in getting justice”

* RU Daily Targum, “Men’s street harassment makes women feel unsafe”

* India Today, “Bulandshahr class kills 3, injures four”

* Bangalore Mirror, “Malaysian girl accuses co-passenger of sexual harassment aboard flight”

* Indileak, “Three killed over an incident of eve-teasing”

* The Daily Star, “Sexual harassment not abating”

* Indian Express, “S-I refuses to register complaint of eve-teasing victim, shifted”

* Financial Express Bangladesh, “Youths jailed for eve teasing in Habiganj”

* Hollaback, “Week In Our Shoes: Keep Calm and Inspire On Edition”

* Times of India, “Eve-teasing accused yet to be arrested”

* Free Press Journal, “Guard attacked for opposing eve-teasers”

* Times of India, “Beware, eve-teasers, CCTV is guarding Karnatak University hotels“

Announcements:

New:

* If your group, organization, or campus plans to participate in International Anti-Street Harassment Week, please contact Holly (hkearl @ stopstreetharassment.org) and we can add you to the list of participating co-sponsors.

* Do you know your legal rights? If you live in the U.S., check out our Know Your Rights Toolkit with state-by-state information about what forms of street harassment you can report.

Reminders:

* We’re still collecting stories about the street harassment of LGBQTAI people for a new web section — please consider sharing yours, if relevant!

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @LeArtCorner: @raveenasays @StopStHarassmnt In London I always went out in baggy clothes so the harassment would be less (but it still happened).

* LogophilicMind: That unshakeable sense of vertigo when someone manages to ruin your sense of safety. #streetharassment #weneedcommunitycenters #urbanpoverty

* @mujer_cita_MIA: Miami sunshine returns after dismal grey week & so does compulsory #streetharassment

* @reveenasays: You can put a paper bag over your head and still get harassed about 10 times walking down Broadway. #streetharassment #notacompliment

* @SorayaLightyear: I don’t give a damn if your nephew thinks I’m cute I’m just trying to walk to work leave me alone… #streetharassment

* @lizbayer: I think that literally every creep in Baltimore was out roaming the streets during my run this evening #StreetHarassment #whyyyyyyy

* @MandingoRFC: What folks are not gonna do today is act like folks making this shit up. My sis has come home crying from street harassment.

* @halfdadhalfdog: Street harassment is very real. Sick of not being able to walk these streets without hearing “YO!!! CUTE ASS BOY!!!” This is 2014. Grow up.

* @renee_patrice: Nothing like some good ol street harassment to sober me up during my walk home

* @ladyfleur:@michaelcoyote If you’ve never experienced street harassment you have no idea how humiliating it feels, especially when you’re a teen.