Young Women’s Action Team
The YWAT is a youth-led, adult-supported social change project that empowers women to take action on issues that affect their lives (particularly issues of violence against girls and young women). The YWAT believes that girls and young women should be free from violence. We believe that through collective action, consciousness-raising, and organizing we can end violence against girls and young women.
Category Archives: Street Harassment
Walking Home
This is an experimental piece about women ritually facing street harassment as they walk home. Shot in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, it mixes 16mm film, video, poetry and music in an effort to honor and reclaim our voice, name and humanity … Continue reading
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Hollaback “I Got Your Back Campaign”
Hollaback!’s “I’ve got your back” Campaign from Emily May on Vimeo. Hollaback has been working with folks around the world to fight street harassment, and now we’re taking it to the next level. The “I’ve got your back” campaign provides … Continue reading
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March 20th is the International Day Against Street Harassment…
We at YWAT are very happy to hear that the recognition of street harassment as a harm to girls and women is picking up steam. When we launched our first “Day of Action” against street harassment in Chicago in 2006, … Continue reading
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Great Video about Street Harassment!
The following is a great video created by a young man about street harassment. (h/t to our adult ally Jane Ball)
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