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Azerbaijan Video: “Hey man, be a gentleman!”

August 13, 2012 By HKearl

It’s always heartening to hear about male allies who are speaking out and organizing against street harassment all over the world. One of them is Jake Winn, a Peace Corps volunteer and a youth development facilitator in northern Azerbaijan, on the Russian and Georgian borders. He is also a member of Peace Corps Azerbaijan’s WID/GAD (Women in Development/Gender and Development) executive committee.

He wrote me this morning saying,

“Inspired by your ‘Shit Men Say to Men Who Say Shit to Women on the Street,’ some of my male students made their own Anti-Street Harassment video. The title, “Ay Gardash! Kishi Ol!”, can be translated to, ‘Hey man, be a gentleman!” We now plan on distributing the video throughout the country, along with a lesson plan and discussion questions for other volunteers to use with their own students.

Street Harassment is quite a serious problem in Azerbaijan, as well. Hopefully, this video will have a positive impact on many Azerbaijani communities.”


I will post English subtitles soon.

WAY TO GO Jake and the youth you’re working with!! I hope your video and lesson plan has an impact in Azerbaijan and inspires similar efforts by male allies in other countries. Keep us updated!

I also want to give a big shout-out to Bix Gabriel, Joe Samalin, and everyone they worked with to produce the original “Shit Men Say to Men Who Say Shit to Women on the Street” video. Not only has their video brought a lot of attention to the problem of street harassment and how men can be involved in ending it, but it’s inspired at least three videos – the Azerbaijani video and videos produced in San Jose, CA, and Cairo, Egypt.

Thanks to the Internet, you never know who will see your work and be inspired to take action, too 🙂

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“What hurts me the most is when I see teen girls having to deal with it”

July 20, 2011 By Contributor

I am a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. Being American I honestly had never received harassment as a woman until I came to Morocco. The harassment is the worst in the small towns. In bigger cities where people are more educated and have things to do the harassment isn’t quite so bad. But daily in my own town men on street corners stare as me as I walk by, try to rouse me with, “Hello, how are you” in several languages, or say things in Arabic that I am told I am lucky not to understand.

My best technique is to ignore it, but it doesn’t mean I don’t hear it. Sometimes I listen to my head phones when I walk so I can block out all the comments entirely. In such a conservative and religious country men are treating women like they are nothing more than sexual objects. I know how lucky I am that I only have to deal with this a few more months. What hurts me the most is when I see teen girls having to deal with it. Girls that will have to deal with this their entire life starting as such an innocent young age.

– A.R.C.

Location: many cities in Morocco

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