International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2012 – Wrap-Up Kefaia ('Enough') is another initiative working towards the same purpose. It joined the Development House media organization in launching an e-campaign that utilized articles and videos on Facebook and Twitter to call for volunteer work. The Development House is the first media organization in Yemen to specialize in online social networking. In a speech, a senior consultant for the Development House said the campaign had been planned and implemented online and that it had been received spectacularly well by young men and women who had broken the silence and committed themselves to curtailing harassment in Yemeni society. Ghaida'a Al-Absi, campaign manager of the Kefaia initiative said “our initiative is concerned about the women’s issues, and street harassment is one of the most important women’s issues that we take care of. The problem of harassment in the streets is a global problem and exists in every country. The international harassment week includes more than 70 organizations and the campaign is worldwide, with Yemen a part of it,” “We all demand with one voice: street safety and an enforced law that punishes those who practice harassment.” Information from Ghaida’a Al-Absi, the Safe Streets campaign participated by: 1- Posting stories on our site "Safe Streets" http://ssb.kefaia.org/ 2- Taking pictures of ladies holding boards with messages written on them to express their disapproval of sexual harassment 3- Posting 3-4 times daily in the Facebook page, and Twitter 4- Setting discussions on the Facebook page, and we got more than 200 comments during the week 5- Contacting a Yemeni TV channel to allocate one of their shows to talk about Streets Sexual harassment. They agreed to do so. They met Safe Streets Campaign's team in the TV show, and podcasted last Tuesday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtNXHrGR-MQ&feature=youtu.be Additionally, three pieces of art work submitted for an art exhibit in Yemen were included in an art exhibit about street harassment in Washington, DC, in the USA.
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