This mural, created in San Jose, California, says: “We Are Over It. End the Rape Culture, Break the Silence, Celebrate All Genders.” During the spring semester, San Jose State University’s Women’s Resource Center did a lot to address gender violence. They created the mural above, they put on a production of the Vagina Monologues, they [...]

Before the Egyptian Revolution in early 2011, a law against sexual harassment – including the sexual harassment that happens in the streets – was making its way through the Egyptian Parliament. Since the Revolution, not much has happened, though activists have continued to bring attention to the widespread problem of sexual harassment and street harassment [...]

After dealing with countless instances of discrimination and humiliation because of her size, blogger Lunette wrote A Manifatso, saying, “I’ve been waiting to hear someone tell me what, as a fat person, I ought to be able to rely on, and what’s reaching too far, taking too much.  When am I reasonable?  When am I [...]

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks. ** Sign up to receive a monthly e-newsletter from Stop Street Harassment *** Street Harassment Stories: Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at: Stop Street Harassment Blog HarassMap in Egypt Bijoya in Bangladesh [...]

One of my favorite anti-street harassment initiatives is called The Adventures of Salwa and it’s run by activists in Beirut, Lebanon. In video clips and comic strips, we see cartoon character Salwa take on street harassers and sexual harassers in many situations, using her magical red purse. The last video released in the series is [...]

Trigger Warning for language – In South Korea, a college student was subjected to vile words of sexual harassment while riding the subway. Via Korea Bang: “‘On the 7th of May, at 1 PM I was on the subway from Sadang station, and was victimized by an old man who verbally abused me,’ went the [...]

UN Women is doing great work to address street harassment through their Safe Cities Programme which launched in 2010 in Delhi, India. It’s a five-year program in five major cities around the world focused on creating sustained efforts to make public places safer. The five cities are: Cairo in Egypt; New Delhi in India; Quito [...]