iPhone app reports street harassment

Check out this New York Times article about a new way to use technology to address street harassment. Street harassment activist website Hollaback! recently created an iPhone app which allows recipients of street harassment to take a picture of the perpetrator, automatically report the location of the harassment, define the type of the harassment and receive a follow-up email from Hollaback  requesting more information. The power of Hollaback! is in their message that we need to reduce the silence about street harassment by encouraging women and other recipients to address and report the inappropriate behaviors. They have created an extensive database of harassment in cities across the country. Not only is New York City the home to the original Hollaback but the New York City council recently held the first hearing on street harassment. Our friend and street harassment expert Holly Kearl was there to contribute to the hearing.

You can download the iPhone app here. Hollaback! has numerous city specific websites. Look hereto see if there is one near you. If there isn’t, create one! If you want to learn more about street harassment and how to address it, check out Holly’s blog Stop Street Harassment. Also, check outWhy I Holla back on YouTube for stories of recipients about how and why they speak up when they see or experience street harassment.

Click here for the original post on the Men’s Anti-Violence Council website that includes a great song about street harassment