HarassMap by Paulina Heßmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww Paulina, Yulia, Cosima and Dorte en-us 2019-06-19 08:06:25 UTC 2023-04-13 01:42:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Mission: To engage all of Egyptian society to create an environment that does not tolerate sexual harassment. dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368265865 2019-06-19 08:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368265865 Things we like paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266169 - myths debunked section 
- focus on how every action counts 
- not just a report of harassment but also of interventions 
- changing the norm and people perception of sexual harassment
- Report by text, Twitter, facebook or the webpage
- You can sign up to help others report (digital access)
- Increase visibility
- Part of an onlinecommunity with people with the same offline experiences. You are able to comment and show support.
- Only local people in the video representing it
- Trying to say that harassment can both happen to men and women
- The webpage has a nice lay-out]]> 2019-06-19 08:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266169 Things we don't like dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266694 It can be very difficult (impossible) to report something so traumatic.     Meaning
1. The dark numbers must be very high 2. The act of mapping can be re-traumatising
- Using the terms harassed/harasser. You are being reduced to only that as your identity, taking away agency
- Problems with reaching men (2% of the reports)
- Problems with reaching people in general - falling number of reports and visitor.
- The webpage is a bit hard to navigate]]> 2019-06-19 08:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266694 'The Harassment Effect' paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266875 Step 1: establish belief that sexual harassment is the fault of the harasser and create rules of action for when it happens

Step 2: act on these beliefs and intervene, say stop, report the crime

Step 3: If enough people join it becomes harder to harass

Goal: zero tolerance as a goal and a decrease of sexual harassment in Egypt ]]> 2019-06-19 08:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368266875 Partners paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368267297 Cairo University 
Goethe Institute 
NGOJobs (for outreach)
Ushahidi (for tech support)
Nazra Feminist Studies (for legal support)]]> 2019-06-19 08:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368267297 dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268025 2019-06-19 08:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268025 Brief Facts paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268087 - Founded in 2010 
- Run by volunteers 
- Location and scope: Egypt

]]> 2019-06-19 08:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268087 Other Similar Projects paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268778 - Junt@ : app to help women in emergencies f.ex. by sending encrypted calls for help 
- SafePal: created at Hack For Youth in Uganda 
- GenderWiki: arabic language platform on all things gender (initiative of the Goethe Institute) 

Safe City is a platform that crowdsources personal stories of sexual harassment and abuse in public spaces in India.
Harasstracker is an online tool to track and document sexual harassment in Lebanon.
Ramallah Street Watch is working with reporting sexual harassment and with supporting survivors in Palestine.
Resist Harassment is working against sexual harassment in Lebanon.
Safe Streets has a sexual harassment reporting and alerting system in Yemen.
Bijoya has a reporting system, and is working to raise awareness in order to prevent sexual harassment in Bangladesh.
Name and Shame is working against sexual harassment in Pakistan and has a reporting system against it.
Women Under Siege is documenting sexualized violence in Syria.
Akshara/HarassMap India is working against sexual harassment in India.
SawtNsaa is working against sexual harassment in Algeria.
Activists and organizations in over 80 countries, including Jordan, Libya, Turkey, South Africa, US, Canada, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Sudan, UK, India, Nigeria, and a cross-national group from South America are currently also working to set up their version of HarassMap. 
]]> 2019-06-19 08:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268778 yu_belascheva95 https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268903 Sexual harassment is a crime according to Egyptian law! Article 306 (a) and article 306 (b).]]> 2019-06-19 08:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368268903 Points from Sabina paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368276585 - government in Egypt makes it extremely hard to work publicly 
- more of a shift into cooperation with the private sector as a result 
- violence by police and military forces 
- reporting being toned down in order to not endanger themselves ]]> 2019-06-19 09:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368276585 Questions to figure out paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368286742 - how are people in Egypt connected to the internet 
            Datareport (2019): 38% of population active on mobile social media
            39% of population are adverting audience on facebook, 36% of which are women
            (https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2019-egypt)
- people scared of posting something because of family pressure? (to clear with a local person)
- how much are people willing to report? 
- digital divide (male /female, old / young)
- awareness of sexual harassment in Egypt (what constitutes as such?) ]]> 2019-06-19 10:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368286742 Criticism - intersectional perspective dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368286914 - No adressing of racism, sexuality, dissability or class as a part of the harassment. The main concern is gender
(f.ex.: rape of political dissidents by police forces)
- They do consider religious clothing]]> 2019-06-19 10:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368286914 Criticism - postcolonial perspective paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368287287 - Mapping in itself has colonial connotations - creation of 'securitised spaces'
- situation of harassment in 'Arab culture'
- situated in a context of cultural explanations for sexual deviance rather than class-conscious explanations  
- effective policing seen as goal, not as addition to the problem 
- Goethe Institut as a multiplier - on its website it states that it is 'educating young egyptians to eventually take over themselves' ]]> 2019-06-19 10:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368287287 Acknowledgement from a postcolonial perspective dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368287519 - Local initiative and locally grounded
- Representation video only showing egyptians who all speak arabic
- Arabic langauge on the webpage]]> 2019-06-19 10:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368287519 Criticism - digital divide paulina_hessmann https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368288895 - mainly people from big cities
- Not addressing digital access or skills]]> 2019-06-19 10:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368288895 Context is important! dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368291255 Political unstability in Egypt has a big effect on the initiative]]> 2019-06-19 11:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368291255 Our sketch dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368291788 1. Addressing intersectional harassment. 
- Making categories that makes sure you can report intersectional harassment 
- Make sure that you can report without categories because your experience might not fit in one category.
2. Addressing the digital divide.
- More attention to the map through banners on toilets, changing rooms and so on (where you can put it up unseen)
- These banners should also show a way of reporting without internet (call, an address, etc.) 
- Text-chains that can create a network
3. Adding myths
4. Integrate social media accounts (i.e. Facebook) with the website, advertising this reporting method and raise awareness of related harassments in more platforms. 
5. Adressing the map]]> 2019-06-19 11:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368291788 Myths we want to add dorte_nita https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368295038 "It is only women who get's harrassed" 
"Only physical harassment is real harassment"]]> 2019-06-19 11:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/paulina_hessmann/qvom6g00t8ww/wish/368295038