The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) report Her Life Depends on It – II discusses how important exercise is to women’s health and well-being. After high school or college, finding the time, money, and energy to exercise regularly can be challenging, especially for women, even though the benefits are great. Juggling work, family responsibilities, community meetings, [...]
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Her Life Depends on It – Part 2
Posted in Sexual Harassment, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged exercise, Her Life Depends on It, Sexual Harassment, street harassment, Women's Health, Women's Sports Foundation, work/life on February 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Baby Spice to Burkas
Posted in Sexual Harassment, tagged Baby Spice, Burkas, Egypt, Jordan, street harassment on September 24, 2009, | 4 Comments »
In the beginning of September I was lucky enough to take my first trip to the Middle East, seeing the remarkable countries of Egypt and Jordan. Before leaving on this adventure, I prepared in the usual way by getting shots, appropriate clothes, and handy travel books. But what I wasn’t prepared for was hearing from [...]
Harassed on the Way to School
Posted in Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Drawing the Line, education, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment, street harassment, student safety on September 16, 2009, | 3 Comments »
AAUW’s research reports Drawing the Line and Hostile Hallways show that girls and boys are subject to sexual harassment at school. Research I’ve conducted on gender-based street harassment of girls and women outside of my work at AAUW shows that girls are vulnerable to harassment on their way to and from school as well. As [...]
Sexual Harassment on Public Transportation
Posted in Equity in the News, Sexual Harassment, tagged HollaBack, HollaBack NYC, MTA, New York City Transit, Right Rides, Sexual Harassment, street harassment, SubTalk poster, Subway Safety Coalition on October 8, 2008, | 4 Comments »
Recently police arrested a man at a Manhattan subway station on misdemeanor charges of attempted unlawful surveillance, attempted sexual abuse, and harassment. A month earlier he took a cell phone picture up the skirt of a woman at another subway station. The woman retaliated by taking his photo and filing a police report. The police [...]
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