{"id":14982,"date":"2021-04-14T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/3-pathways-to-preventing-street-harassment\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:23:48","slug":"3-pathways-to-preventing-street-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/3-pathways-to-preventing-street-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"3 pathways to preventing street harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What can we do to eliminate harassment and create public spaces where we all feel safe?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tStreet harassment is still a global issue. The recent murder of Sarah Everard serves as a stark reminder of this to women all over the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">On the initiative of the<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share-Net Netherlands<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/communities-of-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community of Practice on Gender Based Violence<\/a> (GBV)&#8221;,<\/b> Fairspace participated in a virtual panel discussion with <a href=\"https:\/\/harassmap.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>HarassMap<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planinternational.be\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Plan International Belgium<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">We unpacked the concept of street harassment, assessed the effectiveness of criminalisation and discussed best practices based on our collective experiences in Belgium, Egypt and the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of our discussion is a<b> <a style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; background-color: #ffffff; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Policy_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint policy brief<\/a><\/b><a style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Policy_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, <\/a>which focuses on prevention and the importance of holistic interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Fairspace\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic.jpg 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Here are our top 3 takeaways:<\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><b>1. Prevention through legislation<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">Tackle the challenges of effective implementation by setting clear and inclusive definitions of harassment and removing the barriers to reporting (guaranteeing privacy and safety).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><b>2. Prevention through education<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">Complement legislation with behavioural and norm change that comes through comprehensive sexuality education, digital education and bystander intervention, which all work to raise awareness, de-normalize harmful behaviours and encourage open communication about healthy interactions and attitudes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><b>3. Prevention through community-driven solutions<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\">Tailor interventions to specific locations and co-create solutions with those most impacted by street harassment in those area<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Policy_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Download the full policy brief.\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SN_NL_Street_Harrassment_Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Download the infographic.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you working on street harassment in your country or city? We would love to hear from you. Reach out to us on our social channels at the top of this page, at info@fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com, or share your ideas with the Share-Net Netherlands Community of Practice on GBV <b><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/share-net.nl\/communities-of-practice\/gender-based-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can we do to eliminate harassment and create public spaces where we all feel safe?&nbsp; Street harassment is still a global issue. The recent murder of Sarah Everard serves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":11479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog-nl"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairspacetest.sagitta-creatives.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}