EMPOWER
Welcome to the empower page of Streetworthy here you can find out ways different people and campaigns are making a difference. You can also find reading and media recommendations and get to know more about Streetworthy and different ways of approaching issues surrounding Public Sexual Harassment.
Our Streets Now
A campaign to end public sexual harassment in the UK through cultural & legislative change
#CrimeNotCompliment
Our Schools Now
OSN offer both in-person and online workshops for teachers to gain the skills and knowledge to deal with disclosures appropriately and effectively as well as facilitating workshops for students to empower and impassion.
Streetworthy
The Streetworthy campaign is on a mission to help people who have experienced public sexual harassment and provide them with the tools to ‘Support, Report and Empower’. We have created a QR code which can be found in public spaces such as schools, bars, gyms, retail stores and on public transport. After scanning, it will lead you to our website which you are currently on right now! Our QR code enables users to receive emotional support, learn about public sexual harassment and join our community.
Streetworthy Recommends
Here are Streetworthy’s media recommendations - click on the link below to access the links!
Understanding Abolition & Community Action
Our Streets Now Statement on Police Abolition and Criminalisation of P.S.H
Our overarching goal has been and always will be to end violence against women and girls. The way we contribute to achieving that goal is by campaigning to end Public Sexual Harassment (PSH); one of the most common forms of violence against women and girls. In order to reach this goal, we have to harness the tools of the society in which we reside - our current means of doing so involve education (Our Schools Now), publicity and awareness (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook - @OurStreetsNow), and in the UK we are aiming to introduce legislation to make PSH a criminal offence. Let’s be clear about one thing: OSN is pro-defunding the police and ultimately pro-police abolition. In our changing world we aim to adapt our means of ending PSH to the processes of society; meaning if abolition is achieved then we are prepared to shift the actions of the campaign to fit that model of society (for example: invoking the concepts of community retribution, and amplifying our efforts in education and awareness). For now, however, one of the most effective routes we can take to end PSH is by making it a criminal offence which challenges not only perpetrators but the culture which normalises this behaviour. In a society structured by law, the absence of legislation around PSH is notable. It is a direct product of the normalisation and passive acceptance of violence against women and girls in our society.
Women, girls and marginalised genders deserve to feel safe and be safe in public.
Being an active bystander means being aware of when someone's behaviour is inappropriate or threatening and choosing to challenge it. If you do not feel comfortable doing this directly, then get someone to help you such as a friend or someone in authority.
Get trained in Bystander Intervention with Right to Be: https://righttobe.org/
Being an Active Bystander
Other Organisations doing incredible work surrounding abolition and transformative justice: