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Street Harassment Stories:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Many of the Hollaback sites

Everyday Sexism

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* One World South Asia, “No passport, driving license for eve-teasers in India“

* 7 sur 7, “Un tram contre le harcèlement à l’égard des femmes“

* The Times of India, “Brawl over eve-teasing leads to murder“

* Bite Me, Beautiful, “Street Harassment“

* Limerick Leader, “Limerick woman with Down syndrome tells of bullying torment“

* Beyond Black & White, “Fighting Back Against Street Harassment (Part One)“

* Austrian Independent, “Bum groping is not sexual harassment in Austria“

* The Argus, “March through Brighton’s ‘no go’ areas“

* The Jewish Daily Forward, “The Toll of Street Harassment“

* NPR, “In Brussels, Be Kind … Or Be Fined“

* Al Arabiya News, “Egypt women deserve rights now, not later“

* Books & Feminism, “Another day, another street harassment experience“

* Maps4Aid, “Sexual Harassment in Train: Professor arrested on charges of molestation“

* Der Freitag, “Schreib es in die Welt!”

* Bloomberg News, “Egypt Mob Strips 3 Girls of Clothes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square“

* BB&W Question: How Can I Deal with Street Harassment?

* Those Pesky Dames, “Look at the legs on that” – street harassment needs to stop

Announcements:

New:

* Submit a story about the most empowering response you’ve had to street harassment and it may get published in a book!

* Nov. 20 marked the 14th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

* Nov. 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.

* Read an interview with the founder of the Street Harassment Fashion Tumblr Ellis Gainsboro

Reminders:

* Check out the project CATCALLED: the stories of 11 women in New York City from two weeks in August 2012, now online.

* Baltimore, MD, folks — take a survey about street harassment for Hollaback! Bmore

* Hollaback! Edinburgh launched a “Said No One Ever” Tumblr to refute the belief that street harassment is a compliment.

* Register — Webinar: Street Harassment: How To Stop Feeling Helpless and Start Feeling Empowered, Dec. 6, 2012: 8 – 9:30 p.m. ET, $15

* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“

* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming

* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment

* 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. @WordsWithDes: I’m tired of harassment. I’m tired of crossing the street. I’m tired of them refusing to accept that my no means no.

2. @GLuckhurst Street harassment is about as flattering as a knitted sumo-wrestler suit. If you like me, talk to me, don’t holler at me.

3. @LexCurtis  @RiaLaDona not only are we constantly subjected to street harassment, but we also have to cater to their egos shaped by savagery

4. @HollabackHRM MYTH: Street harassment is a cultural problem. FACT: It happens in every country in the world, in every culture, including ours. #endsh

5. @Psypherize  There’s pickpocketing and some sexual harassment at Qasr El-Aini street. Keep your eyes open. #Tahrir

6. @harassmap: Legal and Pyscological help for victims of sexual harassment in tahrir and else where http://blog.harassmap.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Services1.jpg … #EndSH #Tahrir

7. @SaraLang: It’s sad how grateful I am when I pass a group of guys outside a bar and don’t get a single catcall, whistle, or lewd comment.

8. ‏@SharkDancing We all need to speak out about Street harassment. This is our pubic space @HoldenGrey #TOpoli

9. @missmayse Guy just came out being beaten by many. Turns out he was harassing women. #endSH

10. @SarahGraham7 It’s taken 5 months of living in London for me to have my first experience of street harassment here. Actually quite impressed.

11. @roamingradical until the street harassment Tahrir has become famous for not just ends, but is hunted down & destroyed, the revolution will be incomplete.

12. @nualacabral yes! @FreedomReeves #StreetHarassment Cards. Weekend project! cc: http://tmblr.co/Zg4OXyXivznZ  cc: @MoralesWilliams

13. @_ToyyStoryy: street harassment definitely happens at gas stations the most

14. @craftgasm Creepy guy pacing me asked how I get my hair so long. Not amused when I answered, “I don’t cut it.” #AskAStupidQuestion

15. @PeaceCorps  “Be a good man!” Young men in Azerbaijan work to stop street harassment of women http://youtu.be/Jtcq_w7h-vA  #InternationalMensDay

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Street Harassment Stories:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* The Guardian, “Mona Eltahawy: Egyptian women are sexually harassed at every level of society – video“

* Egypt Independent, “Security officials: 727 cases of sexual harassment reported over Eid“

* Ahram Online, “300 cases of sexual harassment in first half of Eid: Watchdog“

* NPR, “Vigilantes Spray-Paint Sexual Harassers In Cairo“

* ABC News, “Sexual Harassment Spikes Over Egyptian Holiday“

* Globe & Mail, “How to stop sexual harassment on Cairo streets? A can of spray paint“

* Trust Law, “Egyptian women fight back against harassment“

* Mail Online, “French ministers to be sent on anti-sexism courses after female MP is wolf-whistled by men in parliament”

* Gothamist, “Video: Brave Woman Confronts Subway Jerk Who Spits On Her“

* Melinda Tankard Reist, “How street harassment alters the way we see ourselves: ‘Hollaback!’ launches in Australia“

Announcements:

New:

* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“

* Meet Stop Street Harassment’s new social media volunteers!

* Download new classroom lesson plans about street harassment.

* Student groups at UC Santa Barbara held an anti-harassment campaign for Halloween

* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming

Reminders:

* There are new anti-street harassment groups in Australia and Nepal

* Read an interview with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh about her beautiful art work against street harassment

* What did street harassment look like in 1945?

* @Shefunionwomcom We are collating stories of women’s experiences of street harassment. If you have a story please email it to womens.committee@shef.ac.uk

* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment

* 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.@kkatyrose  First, #streetharassment is NOT a compliment. Second, hollering “Ni Hao, Baby” at me is DOUBLY offensive. #disgustedatsexistracistjerks

2. @grayshonnn  Just to prove that #streetharassment isn’t about attraction, someone called me “whore” out of their car window. I was wearing my work…

3. @LoneXionc  So construction workers definitely still catcall to women. And here I thought that was an outdated stereotype. Ah well.

4. @goffjuice  Catcall a girl on a skytrain platform and it will be your fault when you find yourself on the tracks.

5. @glossedover  Anyone who doesn’t think male privilege is a thing is invited to experience street harassment as a woman.

6. @IranLGBT  I don’t think level of Street Harassment in Iran is as awful as in Egypt, but, well, Iranians do not talk about it much. I wish we did.

7. @GheeGoddess  Just harassed for while walking two blocks. Scariest street harassment ever.

8. @freedom_writer  If you want to avoid street harassment in downtown Oakland, dress up as a woman in a binder! @ihollaback pic.twitter.com/9GGmDVkK

9. آلاء مراد ‏@Abjadeya  I got harassed by a guard at the wall of the presidential palace today #EndSH #cairo #egypt

10. @Gsquare86  Unbelievable overt verbal sexual harassment around #Tahrir ..the things that were said to me, make me want to throw up #endsh

11. @HollabackOttawa  I’m not your trick or your treat. #EndStreetHarassment #Hollaween

12. @jgeady  @hkearl my wife was approached 5x on 20min subway ride. Her costume was witch: hat, cape, and long black dress she once wore to a wedding

13. @ami_angelwings  I think the most street harassment & ppl asking me out I’ve ever gotten is whenever I’m wearing that hoodie, which is usually in fall

14. @MullenKat Good point! RT @NavyaNaik street harassment esp pernicious on my campus during halloweekend..women get targeted 4 certain costumes #sheparty

15. @ArriannaMarie What compels you to accost me w your sexist/misogynistic catcalls? Yet another reminder that public spaces are masculine spaces? #harassment