Stop Street Harassment

From groping to leering to stalking and unwanted sexual or disrespectful comments: "Hey baby," "Yo, mami," "Aiye, shorty," "Stupid dyke," "Ugly fag," gender-based street harassment is a global problem.

Stop Street Harassment, based in the Washington, DC-area, documents street harassment and provides people with resources for taking action in their community. We organize global awareness efforts and empower individuals locally and provide direct services through a national street harassment helpline. 

We need YOUR help to fund our projects and programs so we can assist even more people and work to prevent street harassment from occurring.

What We Do:

1. Website: Our website is the go-to place to learn about street harassment. It includes statistics from all over the world, tips for dealing with harassers, ideas for community action and suggestions for how many can become allies in stopping street harassment. 

2. National Street Harassment Hotline: In partnership with the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), we offer the only free, 24/7 national hotline for people seeking resources, emotional support and advice about street harassment. It's offered in English & Spanish, by phone and online chat.

2. Correspondents Program: Ten to fifteen correspondents from around the world contribute monthly articles about street harassment in their communities.  The correspondents term lasts three months.

3. International Anti-Street Harassment Week: Each spring, SSH organizes more than 150 around the world to take action against street harassment in their community during International Anti-Street Harassment Week. In 2014, groups in 25 countries participated. The 2018 week will be held April 8-14.

4. Documenting Street Harassment in the United States: Thanks to generous donors, in spring 2014, SSH worked with surveying firm GfK to conduct the first large-scale national study on street harassment in the United States. To supplement the  2,000-person survey, SSH conducted 10 focus groups with  under-represented groups. The national report detailing the findings was  released in early June 2014.

5. Safe Public Spaces Mentoring Program: Launched in summer 2013, people and groups anywhere in the world can propose a project idea that addresses gender-based street harassment in their community. Selected projects receive in-depth mentoring for three months, up to $250 to offset expenses, and other benefits.

6. Toolkits: SSH provides resources for people who want to take community action.

7. Washington, D.C. Activism: SSH is based in the Washington, D.C.-area and has led or co-led various initiatives there. Along with Collective Action for Safe Spaces, SSH is part of a task force that works with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on addressing sexual harassment on the Metro trains and buses.