Posts tagged as:

Sexual Harassment

International Anti-Street Harassment Week Recap

April 4, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Guest post from Holly Kearl, the lead organizer of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Thousands of people worldwide collectively spoke out against street harassment during the first ever International Anti-Street Harassment Week in March. During the week, the Internet, the streets, and classrooms swelled with discussions, messages, stories, and reclamations of public spaces. It was powerful to

Click to continue...

Meet us on the street meets BART riders in San Francisco

March 22, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Last night, Sarah Harper of VoiceTool Productions organized a rally to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco, to raise awareness and offer people resources to fight street harassment in public spaces. Why BART? A recent New York Times article “Sex Crimes Pass Under the Radar on Public Transit” stated: Bay Area

Click to continue...

Anti-Street Harassment Week is here!

March 19, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

Anti-Street Harassment Week is here! As I posted last week, CALCASA is joining multiple national, state, and local partners to celebrate March 18-24. In her article, “International Anti-Street Harassment Week: 10 Thing You Can Do To Stop Street Harassment”, Soraya Chemaly interviewed organizer Holly Kearl who states: “Harassment restricts girls’ and women’s access to public places,” explains

Click to continue...

#ididnotreport – women tell their stories in 140 characters or less

March 13, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

There is a movement happening on twitter in the last two days – women throughout the world are posting their stories of sexual harassment and sexual assault and why they chose to not report. There are thousands of tweets from survivors as well as people who are dismayed to find that there are such a

Click to continue...

Sexual harassment is pervasive in nation’s schools

November 7, 2011

posted in: prevention

In the newly released report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, sexual harassment is shown to be pervasive in the nation’s schools. Sexual harassment is part of everyday life in middle and high schools. Nearly half (48 percent) of the students surveyed experienced some form of sexual harassment in the 2010–11 school year, and

Click to continue...

Get An Education, Get Sexually Harassed

February 22, 2011

posted in: CALCASA,Education

A 14-year-old female honor roll student is being forced to choose between her education or her safety as a result of school district budget cuts. The Twin River Unified School District has decided to discontinue its school bus service that picks students up at predetermined locations and takes them to their local high schools. Without

Click to continue...

← Previous Entries