Above all, effective harassment prevention is about undermining a culture of silence that allows so many men to imagine that they are “good guys”, even as they… Read more
Category: street harassment
Interview with Debra Providence
WomenSpeak talks to Debra Providence about her poem While Walking Up Back Street WS: It feels like this poem is based on a real incident that happened to you?… Read more “Interview with Debra Providence”
While Walking Up Back Street
While walking up Back Street in green tank, yellow mesh T-shirt and loose blue jeans a copper hails me from the other side of the street, “Ras,… Read more “While Walking Up Back Street”
“Street harassment is a serious issue. It impedes women’s equality by preventing them from having the same access to public places as men and from feeling as welcome or comfortable as men. Street harassment makes many women feel like they must be on guard in public as they constantly assess their surroundings, scowl, avoid eye contact, and have cell phones ready in case they need to call for help.”
Holly Kearl of http://stopstreetharassment.com/ writes about the First International Anti-Street Harassment Day for www.thewip.net and highlights WomenSpeak’s participation on March 20, 2011
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Good Morning
Street harassment was taken to an all time new level with an incident that lasted about a little over a month in 1989. After this incident, I… Read more “Good Morning”
Woman vs The Street
Every day I am out of my house I have to deal with vile creepy men (VCM). (I am thus very much of a hermit) However, this… Read more “Woman vs The Street”
Simone Leid, Founder of The WomenSpeak Project talks to the ladies of “The Box” about Street Harassment in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Write your own Anti-Street Harassment Manifesto and post it to WomenSpeak and your own blog, facebook and twitpic. Use the hashtag #antistreetharassmentday