Stop Global Street Harassment

Growing Activism Around the World

Author: Holly Kearl
ISBN: 9781440840203

Everyone should be able to navigate through public spaces without facing harassment or the threat of sexual assault, yet that is a right that millions of people worldwide are routinely denied. In the United States alone, 65 percent of women and 25 percent of men experience street harassment. This book taps personal stories, research data, news stories, and information about global campaigns and grassroots action in dozens of countries to trace the growing social movement to recognize, address, and prevent street harassment. The author suggests what steps need to be taken next to help stop street harassment globally and invites readers to take action and be part of the solution.The book addresses specific and prominent incidents of street harassment such as the mass sexual assaults of women at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt; the gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi, India, in 2012; and the viral hidden-camera video produced by Hollaback!, an advocacy group dedicated to

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publish Date: 2015

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Social Science / Sexual Abuse & Harassment

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Self Defense)