Nefsi chains against sexual harassment in Egypt

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

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HarassMap in Egypt

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Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* International Herald Tribune, “A History of Mob Violence“

* The Guardian, “Sexual harassment on public transport must stop“

* Gradient Lair, “Me. Black Men. Street Harassment. White Audience.”

* Mercury News, “Opinion: Egypt’s new president faces a test on violence against women“

* Sapphire Unbound: A Black Womanist Scholar Speaks her Mind, “Sexuality and Hair: The Day I became unwomanly and a butch“

* Trust.org, “Health and Science – The unromantic truth about ‘Eve-teasing’”

* Pygmy Loris, “Intimidation should not be a normal part of a woman’s daily routine“

* The Hindu, “Police to take steps to curb eve-teasing“

* The Nation, “Eve teasing in public parks on the rise“

* The Daily Star, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“

* Gradient Lair, “6 Common Derailment Tactics Used In Conversations About Street Harassment and Sexual Assault“

* Pro-Feminist Bro, “Street Harassment“

* XO Jane, “It happened to all of us: why casual sexual assault needs to stop being ‘just one of those things‘”

* Grazia Daily, “From Cat-Calling to Groping, Street Harassment is Everywhere…And It Happened to Me“

* Capitol Hill Style, “Discuss: The Catcall Conundrum“

* Al Jazeera, “Sexual violence rises in Egypt’s Tahrir“

* Al-Ahram, “Speaking up and speaking out“

* Egypt Independent, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“

* Ahram Online, “Breaking the silence: Mob sexual assault on Egypt’s Tahrir“

* Global Voices, “Egypt: Protest Sends Message Against Sexual Harassment“

* Heather is Desperate for Something, “Street Harassment”“

* Daily News Egypt, “Protest against sexual harassment encourages public dialogue“

* Bikya Masr, “Cover up, he can’t help himself“

Announcements:

New:

* Write about your first street harassment experience as part of Blank Noise (India)’s Recall event.

Reminders:

* If you’re in London and are willing to share your street harassment experiences, contact a student doing research there! INFO.

* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* 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

20 Tweets from the Week:

1. @PsteinND Ladies, if you get in a taxi in #Cairo & the driver has a broken middle finger, get out. Was just groped in #Zamalek, he deserved it. #EndSH

2. @YLigtelijn . @monaeltahawy The only way men stop SH is when public and political leaders openly and firmly denounce it and punish aggressors. #EndSH

3. @sotsoy brilliant! “@IbnLarry: The Egyptian government should establish the same program #endSH http://yfrog.com/ocrn6ngj”

4. @ClareBonnet when will people GET that ‪#streetharassment‬ is a violation and it is not acceptable? will it be in my generation? or will my future kids

5. @SuzeMarsupial I think pub harassment is probably as endemic as ‪#streetharassment‬ . Just cause we’re making merry, doesn’t mean we deserve it.

6. @MaduduzoR Policemen harassing women on the street!! ‪#streetharassment

7. @HollaBackBmore Wanna tell the MTA about ‪#StreetHarassment‬ on the bus? ‪#RateYourRide‬ call or text: 410-205-4559. http://ow.ly/c2M8f

8. @ghazalairshad Pls RT & help @noornoor1 find the Egyptian sexual harasser who drives a navy VW Jetta w/plate # ط ق ل ٧٨٤ https://www.facebook.com/noor.ayman/pos … ‪#endSH‬

9. @sallyzohney To avoid harassment and wear her sleeveless shirts my friend pretends 2 b a foreigner and it works! Men let her be. Insane ‪#endSH

10. @NihalSaad male: I am a human being, not an animal female: I am a human being, not a bra. ‪#ENDSH‬ pic.twitter.com/CXi1JYZb

11. @michabalon Don’t tell me its my clothes and don’t tell me its hard for ‘them’ to get married and don’t tell me it doesn’t happen. It happens. ‪#endSH

12. @suzeeinthecity Anyone blaming ‪#egypt‬ sexual harassment on religious conservatism should take walk on Tripoli streets &experience the theory refuted ‪#endSH

13. @cliffcheney ‘Safe Tahrir for Women’ Protest begins chanting. ‪#endSH‬ ‪#Egypt‬ ‪#Tahrir‬ ‪#cairo‬ http://twitvid.com/KIC0B

14. @michabalon Standing with a gun filled with pepper spray in ‪#Tahrir‬ against sexual harassment. ‪#endSH‬ pic.twitter.com/1Lly5TrJ

15. @marxroadrunner Oh joy men trying to out macho each other and deciding to use street harassment as a way to do so.

16. @HermasFawzy For years, Egyptian ‪#women‬ have put up with ‪#sexual‬ harassment, simply for walking down the street. no more silence !!

17. @aliciapees so this just happened on fb. my reply didn’t post. probably lucky it didn’t tbf… ‪#streetharassment‬ ‪#MISOGYNY‬ pic.twitter.com/RcZY4o1i

18. @Nicole_Pandolfo Also, why does it seem like sexual harassment on the street is accepted by society as a fact rather than being seen as totally outlandish?

19. @ShareefaEnergy Love this street harassment placard held by a woman in Libya, this applies internationally http://yfrog.com/odhmhgbj

20. @Mkpinbrooklyn It starts early, and it is not a compliment ‪#streetharassment