USA: School is a (un)safe place
Laura Voth, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent I am twelve years old, walking down the locker-lined hallway of my middle school on the way to the bathroom. The corridor is empty but for two or three...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: Female Hitchhikers Defy Highway Harassment (Part 1)
Julka Szymańska, the Netherlands, SSH Blog Correspondent Hitchhiking: it’s as old as the road itself, but not everyone feels comfortable with the idea of hopping into a stranger’s vehicle for a ride....
View ArticleSpain: On Travelling Alone
Rebecca Smyth, Spain, SSH Blog Correspondent It is an immense pleasure and privilege to be able to travel, and it was all the more so in a country as wonderful as Portugal. I don’t know why everyone...
View ArticleUSA: “Holding a man accountable for street harassment can be a dangerous game”
Shyeta Williams, California, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Despite the raising awareness of street harassment, it is so unbelievably prominent in this urban jungle I call home. One contributing factor...
View ArticleUSA: “The clothes we wear are not for you”
Liz Merino, Massachusetts, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Nothing makes me happier than the time surrounding dusk on a summer night. Though quick to set, walking under the sun and into the stars is both a...
View ArticleFrance/Brazil: “The only curse is society itself”
Luiza Pougy Magalhaes, France/Brazil, SSH Blog Correspondent I am very mouthy and outspoken, so I find it very difficult to keep my mouth shut when I am catcalled. However, I know from experience, that...
View Article“I was harassed here. No one helped me. Don’t stand by. Stand up.”
Alicia Wallace, the Bahamas, Former SSH Blog Correspondent It can be tough to explain to people that street harassment, though normalized, is not normal, and the practice is not linked to the culture...
View ArticleUSA: Andrea Gibson’s Powerful Poem That’s Meant to Be Used
Michelle Marie Ryder, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent In the United States, 65% of women have been harassed in public. Each wolf-whistle, obscene gesture and violating touch has the power to transform our...
View ArticleUK: Wouldn’t It Be Nice…
Ruth Mair, UK, SSH Blog Correspondent I sometimes find myself wondering what kind of a person I would be, or how my view of the world would change, if I wasn’t always on my guard with strangers. I...
View ArticleFrance/Brazil: “I Still Feel the Same Terror”
Luiza Pougy Magalhaes, France/Brazil, SSH Blog Correspondent The very first time I witnessed street harassment, I was very young. I was so young that I didn’t really understand what a passing taxi...
View ArticleUSA: Street harassment and the generational divide
Laura Voth, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent On my drive to work the other day, I caught a news segment in between pop songs. The hosts were two middle-aged individuals, one a man and the other a woman....
View ArticleUK: #PoppySmart and the Influence of Media Representation
Emma Rachel Deane, UK, SSH Blog Correspondent For anyone who follows events surrounding women’s public safety, her story was impossible to miss. Towards the end of April this year, Poppy Smart, a...
View ArticleUK: Holla:Rev in London
Ruth Mair, UK, SSH Blog Correspondent I attended Holla:Revolution in London a few days ago and it was so inspiring, uplifting, moving, exciting, and many other good words. The main thing I felt...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: Female hitchhikers defying highway harassment (Part 2)
Julka Szymańska, the Netherlands, SSH Blog Correspondent This article is the second installment in a two part series, you can find the first set of portraits here. Sophie. A real people’s person, 22...
View ArticleSpain/Ireland: On dress codes and street harassment
Rebecca Smyth, Spain, SSH Blog Correspondent Feminism and related activism require a huge amount of personal reflection and exploration. This is a reflection. My opinions are open to reconfiguration...
View ArticleUSA: “It is an incredibly brave act to speak up”
Michelle Marie Ryder, USA, SSH Blog Correspondent Like the French poet and playwright, Jean Genet, I have “never been able to find out which way the wind’s blowing by wetting my finger and holding it...
View ArticleFrance/Brazil: A Reflection on Slut Shaming and Gender Inequality
Luiza Pougy Magalhaes, France/Brazil, SSH Blog Correspondent When discussing gender inequality the blame is usually laid on men, whilst women are victimized. Albeit men often do hold fault, but...
View ArticleUK: The Back Off Campaign – Ensuring Safety and Choice for Women
Emma Rachel Deane, UK, SSH Blog Correspondent Over the last 5 years the UK has seen a surge in anti-abortion campaigning targeted at women. Although abortion is not fully decriminalised in the UK, it...
View ArticleUK: Art and Objectification
Ruth Mair, UK, SSH Blog Correspondent I have caught people photographing me without my permission and I usually try to mess up their photo in some silly small way, like pulling a face or rolling my...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: An Interview with Gaya Branderhorst of Straatintimidatie
Julka Szymańska, the Netherlands, SSH Blog Correspondent Street harassment is a global issue and the Netherlands is no exception, but to this date many people treated it as a fact of life, a minor...
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