This year is another stressful, scary and unusual one as COVID-19 cases rise in many regions of the world. But speaking out about street harassment during International Anti-Street Harassment Week (April 11-17) continues to be important because it is still happening and affecting millions of lives.

So far, I’ve heard from groups in nearly 20 countries who are or will be commemorating the week by posting information online, collecting stories, holding rallies, hosting tweet chats and zoom trainings and discussions, chalking and demonstrating — and it’s so inspiring to see what’s happened so far! View photos from our album.

Media coverage for the week has already begun to and includes three articles in three countries: Columbia News Service (US), de Gelderlander (Netherlands) and Sunday Midday (India). Also, L’Oreal Paris shared their survey results and posted a video of singer Celine Dione talking about the issue on their IG account!

While most events today took place online (see information about them here), such as a tweet chat hosted by Safecity and an Instagram Live Q&A by Our Streets Now, it was exciting and impressive to see three offline rallies take place in the Netherlands (with masks and social distancing) and in Nashville, TN (USA). See more photos.

Thank you so much to everyone who has joined or plans to join this week! And if you need some ideas for what to do, here you go!