Global

The largest study of its kind has shown that 84 per cent of women, across 22
countries, are experiencing street harassment before the age of 17 - and that
figure is even higher in Britain

A shocking 90 per cent of British women have reported experiencing street harassment
for the first time during puberty.
It’s slightly worse that the international average. A new report, taking in 22 countries,
shows that on average 84 per cent of women are harassed on the street before they
turn 17.
Over 16,000 women were surveyed by anti-street harassment groupHollaback! It found
that most women experienced catcalling – where people shout sexual comments at you
on the street – for the first time between the ages 11 and 17.
“People don’t want to recognise that this starts really young,” Debjani Roy, deputy
director of Hollaback! told the Daily News. “The emotional impact it has as girls develop
is quite significant.
“This is a global problem. This really points to the fact that it is a global epidemic.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11637697/Catcalling-Women-
sexually-harassed-on-the-street-from-puberty.html

National

Almost every woman walking down the streets on their way to school, work, or
home has experienced being catcalled by men leering (looking or gazing
maliciously) and wolf-whistling (malicious whistling to a woman passing by) to
them. Even with long sleeves and pants on, men on the streets will always have
their ways to make every woman feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

While guys think it is a compliment for women, well, here’s the truth. Catcalling
is NOT and will never be a compliment. Being called pretty and persistently asked
for phone numbers or names are all considered sexual harassment or
catcalling (whistling, shouting, commenting on physical appearance of a woman
passing by). With this never-ending problem on the street, the security and
mobility of every woman is affected.

The good news is, with the continuous fight against street harassment and
promoting safer streets, the City of Manila officially banned catcalling in every
corner and streets of Manila. Last June 28, 2018, on its third and final reading, the
ordinance lauded by Senator Risa Hontiveros, the UN Women Philippines, and the
Institute of Politics and Governance was finally passed.

http://primer.com.ph/blog/2018/07/12/catcalling-and-public-harassment-now-
officially-banned-in-manila/