Stop street harassment by…                   My street harassment story is…                   A safe community would look like… Use words, images, photographs to complete one of those sentences and submit it for inclusion in an art exhibit!! The art exhibit will be at MOCA DC in Washington, DC, on Sunday, March 18, 3 – 9 p.m. as part [...]

Fathers can be natural allies in ending street harassment. I’m lucky to have a wonderful father who is one, and he’s organizing action in New York City for International Anti-Street Harassment Week. He agreed to do a quick interview about why he’s involved and what’s going on in NYC. We hope this will inspire other [...]

Women in Myanmar launched a creative campaign to fight the problem of sexual harassment on their transit system. Their campaign is called “whistle for help” and “about 150 volunteers have been distributing whistles and pamphlets to women at eight busy bus stops in Yangon each Tuesday morning in February. The group plans to continue the [...]

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Two things that have marked me happened. One was when I was 13, a neighbour came up to me and said “I want to fuck you.” I was near my house and started shouting at him. My father came out and talked to this man’s mother. I don’t know what happened next. Another time, I [...]

“A number of men have asked us the same question recently: if you’re walking on a dark street near a lady, how can you let her know you’re not a threat? So this week, we offer some tips for dudes who’d like to help women feel more comfortable in public spaces,” writes Anna North on [...]

This is partially cross-posted from the guest post I wrote for Greater Greater Washington earlier today. Unwanted sexual comments, indecent exposure, groping, and public masturbation: sexual harassment happens often on transit in Washington, DC, just as it happens in cities around the world. Local grassroots activist group Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS)/Holla Back DC! [...]