A yellow website banner featuring text on a blue rectangle that reads "Our Public Spaces". There are four graphics of people, who each have blue hair and shades of white, pink and yellow on their faces. Each graphic is on a square with a shadow.

Image description: A yellow website banner featuring text on a blue rectangle that reads "Our Public Spaces". There are four graphics of people, who each have blue hair and shades of white, pink and yellow on their faces. Each graphic is on a square with a shadow.

What is Our Public Spaces?

The Our Public Spaces campaign aims to foster productive and educational conversations about the intersectional nature of street harassment. We encourage our community to join the conversation as we highlight how street harassment is not only an issue faced by women and girls, but also by many other intersecting marginalised groups. This includes, but is not limited to, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ folks, sex workers, people experiencing homelessness or insecure housing, black people, people of colour and First Nations folks. The focus of this campaign is to highlight people’s rights to navigate public spaces freely and safely.


In addition to centring the experiences of marginalised people on our social media, the campaign will also be accompanied by poster installations around Melbourne. These posters highlight how street harassment can be faced by many different people and will encourage the wider community to expand their understanding of who is impacted by street harassment. Our Public Spaces originates from INAC’s own research report, which reveals how street harassment is a prevalent issue affecting many people, especially those from marginalised communities. As a result, a key aspect of the Our Public Spaces campaign is acknowledging that the fight for street justice is ongoing and important, and solutions must be intersectional and inclusive to be successful.

We encourage all community members to join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #OurPublicSpaces to share photos of the campaign posters along with their thoughts and experiences. We especially welcome the traditionally underrepresented voices of people from marginalised communities, and are committed to achieving street justice for all.

For anyone wanting to join the campaign and help spread the word during 21-27 October 2021, please click on the button below to access our Social Media Kit, which includes all shareable content. You can also check out our toolkit/educational resources and media release by clicking the buttons below.

A yellow website banner featuring orange text in the centre that reads "Street harassment goes beyond gender" and blue text that reads "#OurPublicSpaces". There are two illustrations of people, one wearing a blue hijab and one with a beard and a hat.

Image description: A yellow website banner featuring orange text in the centre that reads "Street harassment goes beyond gender" and blue text that reads "#OurPublicSpaces”. There are two illustrations of people, one wearing a blue hijab on the left and one with a beard and a blue hat on the right.

 

Image description: Two posters with orange backgrounds. The poster on the left has text that reads “Street harassment goes beyond gender”, “#OurPublicSpaces” and “It’s Not A Compliment, Achieving Street Justice for All”. In the centre, there are nine squares, eight of which have illustrations of people in colours of blue, yellow, pink and white. There is a yellow square in the bottom centre which contains a QR code. The poster on the right has an illustration of a public transport card scanner, in blue, green and yellow. In the centre of the illustration, there is text that reads “We all have a part to play in keeping each other safe in #OurPublicSpaces”. There is a pink star graphic behind the illustration.