FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2012 Kathmandu –
Hollaback, an international organization dedicated to end street harassment was
launched in Kathmandu today. Hollaback Kathmandu is run by a team of college
students who are deeply committed to working online and offline to end street
harassment in their community. Hollaback is now in 62 cities and 25 countries,
with leaders speaking more than 10 different languages.
According to Centre for Research on
Environment Health and Population Activities, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1 in 10 young
women and girls face street harassment everyday. “Sexual Harassment is the most pervasive form of gender-based violence.
However it is extensive in Nepal and considered a normal behavior. Hollaback is
a unique initiative to encourage people to start talking about this issue and
recognizing it as a problem and thereby, taking an initiative to solve it”, said
a renowned media personality working for a non-profit organization.
The site
constitutes posting and sharing of personal harassment experiences, the
experiences of a second or a third party and hence making collaborative efforts
to take an initiative. The team members will also work offline through the
medium of workshops, seminars, screenings as well as coordinating with other
organizations sharing common objectives.
“Around 30,000 women are harassed daily in Kathmandu.
Sometimes it’s our friends. Sometimes it’s our sisters. And sometimes, it’s us.
So we Hollaback! Do you?” said the team members.
Hollaback! Kathmandu will run
their local blog and organize their communities through advocacy, community
partnerships, and direct action. The leaders of Hollaback Kathmandu are as
diverse in their backgrounds as they are in their experiences of harassment.
The Hollaback movement reports that 41% of site leaders are lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and queer, 33% identify as people of color and 76% are under the age
of 30.
“We only have 8 or 9 years before
the babies in strollers today start experiencing street harassment too.
Our children deserve better, we deserve better, and Hollaback Kathmandu is
going to get us there. Share your story and join the movement today,”
said Hollaback Executive Director Emily May.
About Hollaback! Hollaback (ihollaback.org) is a nonprofit movement to end street harassment, powered by a network of local activists around the world. We work together to better understand street harassment, to ignite public conversations, and to develop innovative strategies to ensure equal access to public places.
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