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Action Heroes Against Sexual Harassment

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Written by Priya Florence Shah

Sunday, 04 March 2007

We just learned about this campaign by Blank Noise inviting you to participate in an online event "BLANK NOISE ACTION HEROES". We're very impressed by their campaign and will be profiling them in an issue soon. We urge you to support their action against eve-teasing and sexual harassment of women in India. Read their invite for more information.

On March 8 last year (Women's Day), we had a blog-a-thon of stories of street sexual harassment. The blog-a-thon was picked up by bloggers across India, and all over the world. We shared stories we had never shared before, stories we thought we had long forgotten, stories that we had often wanted to bury.

We read each other, we linked to each other and we linked back to the Blank Noise Project blog. We were touched by each other's stories, and drew strength and sustenance from the the long, cross-cultural chain of shared experiences.

This year for Women's Day we're asking you to share experiences of times when you were an ACTION HERO and fought back against harassment. Blog about your experience, and let us know so we can link to you on our blog.

When did you flip a situation so you could resist, when did you give back as hard as you got? How did you choose to confront the situation? When did you become an Action Hero?

We hope that this response helps us understand the different strategies women (across age groups, cultures, and countries) have instinctively created to deal with street sexual harassment.

(If you're a male blogger, ask your female friends and relatives about their experiences.)

Here's how to participate:

1. blog your story (as soon as possible, and definitely before March 8!)

2. email the link to your blog post to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with a subject titled "Action Heroes Online"

3. we will link to you right away!

And don't forget your non-blogging friends and family members -- we'd love to hear stories from your mothers, aunties and grandmothers!

If you're not a blogger, please feel free to email the action testimonials instead. We will upload them on a new blogsite. ( WWW.BLANKNOISEACTIONHEROES.BLOGSPOT.COM )

Questions? Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Look forward to hearing from you,

Sincerely,

Jasmeen

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Priya Florence Shah
		About the author:
		Priya Florence Shah is a single mother, entrepreneur and the editor of Naaree.com, India's online magazine for empowered women. She blogs on relationships, self-improvement and spirituality and internet marketing.
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