Showing posts with label CASS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CASS. Show all posts

Monday, January 13, 2020

Chalk Back: Challenging Street Harassment


To end street harassment, communities need to raise awareness and take action. Two current initiatives include:



CHALKBACK
An approach to raise awareness about street harassment: women around the world are chalking a catcall on the street where the catcall happened.




CASS (Collective Action for Safe Space), the city of Washington D.C.has developed a STOP campaign, identifying what witnesses of harassment can do.


Sidetrack--detract the perpetrator

Tell--text to report the incident

Observe--take notes and report

Postpone--after the incident, offer support