What is #NoSpaceForHarassment?
#NoSpaceForHarassment is a multi-fold project that highlights the prevalence of street harassment in Australian society. This year, our campaign coincides with International Anti-Street Harassment Week, which raises awareness about street harassment and the right to public space.
Street harassment affects all of us in different ways - but this is not something that is often recognised in the way we talk about it. If discussed at all, street harassment tends to be reduced to a mere inconvenience or something that we should all just accept and move past, failing to consider the lasting impacts these repeated instances of harassment might have on us. We think it’s time for a more complex conversation around street harassment. One that not only recognises the true effect it has on us but also acknowledges the fact that a lot more people than we realise face it daily.
Our #NoSpaceForHarassment campaign focuses on the intersectional nature of street harassment, recognising that it is often a multilayered form of harm, not only affecting individuals in terms of gender-based discrimination, but also in terms of race, class, sexuality, and ability. By sharing stories of street harassment through our campaign postcards placed in cafes, retailers and public spaces across the city, as well as social media video and audio content, #NoSpaceForHarassment aims to redefine the way we all view public spaces and recognise that, for too many of us, they are often far from neutral spaces they should be.
Embodying the key values of It’s Not A Compliment, the campaign works to combat street harassment through an intersectional, transformative, and community-led approach. We encourage all members of the community to join the conversation about street harassment by using the hashtags #NoSpaceForHarassment and #ItsNotACompliment, and be a part of the solution in creating safe streets for all.
You can find our postcards at the following locations:
Brimbank City Council, Sunshine
Brunswick Bound, Brunswick
Hares & Hyenas, Fitzroy
Humble Rays, Carlton
Mr Tulk, Melbourne
Neighbourhood Books, Northcote
Nuttea, Melbourne
Pink Ember Studio,Coburg
Streat, Melbourne
The Sun Theatre, Yarraville
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