USA: Breaking the News about Street Harassment
Elizabeth Kuster, Brooklyn, NY, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Like most women, I’m out and about in public a lot — going to work, running errands, meeting friends downtown. And like most women, I get...
View ArticleBrazil: Marching for women’s rights and against neoliberal agenda
Yasmin Curzi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SSH Blog Correspondent For months, feminist Facebook pages announced and spread the word: A women’s strike was going to happen in Rio on Thursday, March 8, 2018....
View ArticleUSA: Three Stalking Survivors Share Their Stories
Patrick Hogan, Chicago, IL, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Stalking is perhaps one of the most frightening forms of street harassment. It’s an experience that 1 in 5 women have experienced in public...
View ArticleUSA: How the #MeToo Movement Can Help End Gender Norms
Connie DiSanto, USA SSH Blog Correspondent Stop Street Harassment’s, recent national report found that 81% of women reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment and/or assault in their...
View ArticleUSA: Intimate Partner Violence and Female Homicide Rates
Patrick Hogan, Chicago, IL, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Domestic violence and intimate partner violence are certainly heinous situations. Many victims manage to liberate themselves from such horrid...
View ArticleBrazil: Virtual engagement and perceptions about violence
Yasmin Curzi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SSH Blog Correspondent In order to address sexual violence, the first and necessary step is to identify what is violence. This involves the engagement of...
View ArticleUSA: Street Harassment on a College Campus, One Year Later
Connie DiSanto, USA SSH Blog Correspondent It was just over a year ago when I connected with Stop Street Harassment’s founder Holly Kearl over a controversial exhibit I created with a student here a...
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