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Thousands to Commemorate the First International Anti-Street Harassment Day

March 17, 2011 By HKearl

MEDIA ADVISORY

First International Anti-Street Harassment Day

WASHINGTON, DC – On March 20, thousands of women and men across the United States and throughout the world in cities such as Cairo, Cape Town, Delhi, London, Mexico City, and Toronto will participate in the first International Anti-Street Harassment Day.

Numerous studies show that more than 80 percent of women worldwide face catcalls, groping, stalking, and other forms of gender-based street harassment, especially when they are alone in public. Despite the evidence that street harassment is a global problem and one that reduces women’s mobility and limits their access to resources, it’s often dismissed as a trivial problem, a compliment, or women’s fault.

“Street harassment is a form of gender violence, and it impedes women’s equality with men,” said Holly Kearl, street harassment expert and founder of International Anti-Street Harassment Day. “Since street harassment often increases during the spring months, I saw March 20, the first day of spring, as an ideal day to bring people together to speak out and take action against street harassment.”

The goals of International Anti-Street Harassment Day are to inspire future initiatives focused on combating street harassment locally and globally and to take us one step closer toward ending the social acceptability of the bullying behavior.

Every participant of International Anti-Street Harassment Day will raise awareness about street harassment by sharing their stories online or in person. Hundreds of participants plan to attend community events, hand out materials on their campus or at subway stops, and conduct surveys and audits to better evaluate safety issues for women in their area.

In Egypt, in light of recent attention focused on the problem of men harassing women, Harassmap co-founders Rebecca Chiao and Engy Ghozlan are organizing teams of volunteers to walk through their neighborhoods and talk about street harassment with key individuals, like shop keepers and transportation workers. “Our idea is to create safe zones for women … to help change the street’s environment when it comes to sexual harassment acceptability,” Ghozlan said.

Individuals interested in participating can find 10 ideas for action at www.stopstreetharassment.com, RSVP on Facebook, tweet using the hashtag #antistreetharassmentday, and look for existing events — or add their own — on CrowdMap.

Spring is no excuse for street harassment.

Contact: Holly Kearl

Confirmed events:

  • 12 events are listed on CrowdMap
  • Facebook event pages for other places:
  • Baltimore
  • Boston (this group is organizing action)
  • Cairo
  • Caribbean
  • Czech Republic
  • Delhi
  • Houston
  • Philadelphia
  • Portland
  • Saskatoon, Canada
  • Toronto (this group is organizing action at York University)
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Details for two more confirmed events for Anti-Street Harassment Day

March 15, 2011 By HKearl

If you’re in these areas, I hope you’ll participate and spread the word!

Delhi, India:

Bol ke , Bas Ab Aur Nahi campaign

“Let’s Unite! Let’s Fight! . ‘BE THE CHANGE’!  Let’s mark the first International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20th by saying NO to Street Sexual Harassment. Come join us as we go around the Delhi University north campus protesting and claiming for our space! Further details call 26691219 or write to safedelhi@jagori.org”

Cairo, Egypt:

زيارات التوعية الميدانية الثانية لمتطوعي خريطة التحرش الجنسي

يتزامن ميعادنا لعمل زيارات التوعية الميدانية في شوارع ومناطق مختلفة من مصر لمناهضة التحرش الجنسي، مع اليوم العالمي لمناهضة التحرش الجنسي في الشارع 20 مارس، وهي المبادرة التي تم الإعلان عنها في بداية العام ويمكنكم معرفة المزيد عن اليوم من خلال هذا الرابط:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200134909997177&ref=ts
وعلى خلاف المرة الأولى للتوعية الميدانية، فنحن الآن نعيش ظروف تاريخية عقب ثورة 25 يناير، يجدر بنا الإستفادة منها لع…مل تغيير حقيقي في كل شوارعنا، وأن ندعو للإيجابية وعدم السكوت على مشكلة التحرش الجنسي.
كيفية المشاركة:

– يخرج المتطوعين في هذا اليوم في مجموعات (نساء ورجال معا) لعمل التوعية في المناطق التي ينتمون لها وتعاني من مشكلة التحرش الجنسي
– تكون التوعية مع الأفراد الرئيسيين في الشارع أو المنطقة (أصحاب المحلات، حراس العمارات، أي مجموعات موجودة في الشارع بصورة مستمرة، اللجان الشعبية مثلا، وسائل المواصلات)
– تتم الإستعانة بدليل المتطوعين الذي أعده المتطوعون أنفسهم ويضم معلومات حول: ماذا نقول؟ ما هي الردود والأعذار المعتادة، والرد عليها)
– تتم الإستعانة بنسخة من الخريطة مطبوعة لإقناع الأفراد بخطورة المشكلة وتجنب إنكارها
– تتم الإستعانة بملصقات الخريطة والأماكن التي تبدي تعاونها تضع ملصق (المناطق الآمنة)
– لا تطول مدة الزيارة الميدانية عن ساعتين بحد أقصى
– ضرورة الرجوع لمنسق المتطوعين عقب الإنتهاء من الزيارة بالملاحظات ونتائج اليوم (من تعاون من المحلات مثلا ويمكننا الإعلان عنهم عن طريق موقعنا)
– في حالة إستخدام تويتر لتغطية تفاصيل التوعية الميدانية نرجو إستخدام #antistreetharassmentday مع #harassmap
– يمكنكم إرسال أي صور أو فيديوهات تم تصويرها خلال اليوم وتوثق تجربتكم لنا

يمكن للمتطوعين الحصول على الدليل والملصقات من أماكن سنعلن عنها قبل نهاية الأسبوع.

ملاحظة: يتزامن أيضا 19 مارس مع ميعاد الإستفتاء على التعديلات الدستورية ويوصي فريق العمل الجميع بضرورة المشاركة، ويمكن عمل التوعية في المنطقة المحيطة باللجنة التابع لها.

لتأكيد المشاركة أو لأي أسئلة أو إستفسارات يمكنكم التواصل مع :
أحمد عجور، منسق المتطوعين: 0110602110
info@harassmap.org

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Weekly Round Up: November 7, 2010

November 7, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog: new stories from people in New York City and two in California
  • HollaBack DC!: 5 new stories
  • HollaBack LDN: 2 new stories
  • HollaBack NYC: 4 new stories
  • HollaBack San Jose: 1 new story

In the News, On the Blogs:

    Protesters, Image via BBC
  • CNN, “Why is sexual harassment in Egypt so rampant?“
  • BBC, “Bangladesh ‘Eve Teasing’ protest draws students“
  • MSNBC, “NYC considers lewd behavior ban“
  • The Carolinian, “Street harassment and catcalling an unnoticed problem ingrained in society“
  • Times & Transcript, “On-street harassment is a form of bullying“
  • The Daily Campus (UConn), “Editorial: Anti-street assault education beneficial“
  • Global Tolerance, “I am tole-ranting about … street harassment“
  • Columbia Spectator, “Stop the catcalls“
  • HollaBack DC!, “When street harassment leads to murder“
  • F to the third power, “The Start of a New New York: Street Harassment Must End“
  • Feministing, “RightRides Needs Your Support“
  • The Sangfroid, “Stop Street Harassment“
  • Dash of Reality, “Street harassment is NOT a rite of passage“

Announcements:

  • Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
  • Have an iPhone? Download a new iPhone app that lets you report street harassers!
  • Take a street harassment survey for a Toronto-based group working to address this problem with an iPhone app
  • Via Change.org: Tell New York City Council to Fund Anti-Street Harassment Advocacy & Services
  • View/read testimonies from most of the people who testified last week at the first-ever city council hearing on street harassment in NYC

Upcoming Events:

  • Nov. 8: RightRides fundraiser – whiskey tasting, 6 p.m., NYC
  • Nov. 8: Everyday Sexism talk at Oxford Gender Equity Festival (Vicky Simister from the UK Anti-Street Harassment Campaign is speaking), 7 p.m., Oxford, UK
  • Nov. 9: Rally to take rape seriously, noon, NYC
  • Nov. 11: I’m co-presenting with SAFER about making campuses safer for everyone at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, 10:45 a.m., Denver, CO
  • Nov. 13: Stop Street Harassment book signing at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, 12:15 p.m., Denver, CO,
  • Nov. 14: Intro to self defense with Defend Yourself (ages 16+), 1:30 p.m., Bethesda, MD

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • harassmap G’Morning! if u experienced sexual harassment today on your way to work, school or university, report the incident on http://harassmap.org/
  • ricafrankel ‘Catcall’ I just got: “You’re pretty. You Jewish? Your nose is huuuuge.”
  • meredithnudo As much as I love living in @downtownhouston, there is a SERIOUS #streetharassment problem here. It makes running errands uncomfortable.
  • lorriehearts On my way home from leaf-stomping. Some street harassment from the bin men threatened to ruin my walk, but no, let http://twitpic.com/341jd2
  • BLANK_NOISE hurray to #tokyo #actionheroes !!! http://twitpic.com/33u6bg
  • fleuredeflorida Excited I got through to the @kaneshow during their catcall segment so I could give a shoutout to @hollabackdc
  • MONTAakaQUEEN Never can understand… when walking down the street why do men harass women???
  • BatfishLD Apparently it’s “catcall a white girl on Mission” day. In other news, there’s a lot of new graffiti in the hood!
  • newsaboutwomen: Anti-street harassment campaign HollaBack reaches Israel – http://ow.ly/1rn6w1 // (follow them, @hollaback_il)
  • RedFeminist @Mmmeg The majority do not have good intentions. Women’s bodies are not public property. Men need to realize that we won’t put up with it.
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Now Available: HarassMap and iPhone App

November 7, 2010 By HKearl

For more than two years, activists in Egypt have been working on HarassMap, a tool that allows people to report their harassers via SMS messaging and email. Those reports are included on a map that will be used for prevention and policy making to end street harassment. It’s mentioned in my book and when I met with NYC activists Emily May (HollaBack) and Oraia Reid (RightRides) in June 2009 as part of my book research and mentioned it, they were inspired to start working on an iPhone app.

I’m happy to report that both HarassMap and the iPhone App are working and available!

Rebecca Chiao, one of the team leads of HarassMap, just sent this message via the HarassMap Facebook group:

“Thanks to everyone who tried out HarassMap! We need your feedback on how to make it better and more effective. We’re still working on messages, design, and adding more interactive sections on the site (a forum for women to share experiences and tips, self defense videos, etc.) [If you’re in Egypt], please make a report for every time you’re harassed. You don’t have to give your name, just tell us a little about what happened and where. Then send us your feedback on how easy it was to use, or what you would change.

Thanks to you, our tech partners, probono partners, volunteers and supporters for helping us to test the site. Make a report here.”

And from Emily May on the HollaBack website:

“Finally! We are so proud to announce that the iPhone app is in stores.  This app was funded by 356 donors, and we are so, so grateful for their support.  Download it today, here! The Droid app will be coming out within the next few days, stay tuned!”

Read the great NYTimes article that just came out about it.

So if you can and if they are applicable to you, please start using these methods to report your harassers!

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Weekly Round Up: September 26, 2010

September 26, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog: 4 new stories from women in New York City (1 and 2), London, and Massachusetts.
  • HollaBack Chicago: 2 new stories
  • HollaBack DC!: 4 new stories
  • HollaBack NYC: 7 new stories
  • HollaBackLDN: 5 new stories
  • HollaBack PGH!: 2 new stories
  • HollaBack Toronto: 1 new story

In the News, On the Blogs:

  • Fox News, “New Independence Ordinance Protects Pedestrians from Harassers“
  • Guardian, “Women in Egypt get hi-tech aid to beat sexual harassment“
  • IPS News, “Africa: Women Traders Confronting Sexual Harassment at Borders“
  • Tech Eye, “Open source mapping tech goes global, helps women fight back“
  • LASH Campaign, “Ken Livingstone: What Will You Do?“
  • Start Up Cafe, “Girls: ever faced street harassment? Fight back with your iPhone“
  • Progressive Women, “It’s Never Ok“
  • KARMA Brooklyn Blog, “Street Harassment“

Events:

  • Sept. 29: Brn Skn Speaks is hosting a radio show about street harassment at 8 p.m. EDT. Call in when the show is live at 347 202-0591. Email her with your questions, comments, and stories at info@brnskn.com.
  • Oct. 12: HollaBack NYC is co-hosting a happy hour with Envision Williamsburg and Feministing in Brooklyn, NY
  • Oct. 8 – 23: Various Stop Street Harassment talks in California, Alaska, and Iowa

Announcements:

  • If you live in London, take a survey about street harassment on the London Anti-Street Harassment Campaign’s website and help influence mayoral policy
  • The book Stop Street Harassment is available online!
  • HollaBack NYC is looking for interns
  • RightRides is looking for interns & volunteers in NYC

12 Tweets from the Week:

  • dyanti Dear members of so called progressive community,careful when u harass a girl in the street. U might pick a wrong one,like me 🙂
  • jennifercwang Lovely. Street harassed by two obnoxious brobros last night. inappropriate! Hate this mantype. #iHollaback #streetharassment
  • LEVYandMarie Just another a-hole harassing me on my block #streetharassment on Twitpic twitpic.com/2rliv3 (cc @MarianneDiNaps)
  • CircaJoyLynn Wondering why I chose this bright red dress today. I really don’t want attention from strangers… #streetharassment
  • starlipswriters @rightsandwrongs The worst part of #streetharassment might be that harassers expect our silence. So speaking up & out is the thing to do.
  • TheUndomestic Yelled a nice “fuck you” to livery cab driver who slowed down to make kissing noises at me. #streetharassment
  • El_Amster Am surprised at lack of street harassment in Malaysia. Been here for 2 wks & not so much as a sidewards glance. I feel so free
  • KristyKakes Can’t I just go for a peaceful run without getting honked at, whistled at, or a catcall?
  • smartbunny When I saw a guy catcall a jogger, I yelled @ him, “Ooh a GIRL! I better yell something stupid 2 show what a MAN I am!”
  • SpreeWilson Street harassment is out of control here in NYC according to my female friends…An aquaintance even did a one woman play addressing it
  • DesiSanchez @iHollaback Random stranger feels it’s “sad” he can’t talk 2 pretty women in the street. Told him I feel it’s sad he feels the need to 🙂
  • ton_o_fun I just witnessed some creepy dude cuss out this girl walking down the st. bc she didn’t respond 2 his catcall. I don’t get men
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