Our Goals

At Hollaback! Wellington we were inspired by the work of the first Hollaback –  HollabackNYC, who fight to combat the lived reality of street harassment  in its many and varied forms that we experience in our own city of Wellington.

For our site, we have a few specific goals that we want to achieve:

  • We want to allow people to share their stories without being victims.
  • We want to highlight just how often street harassment happens.
  • We want to work on what we’re going to do about it with our community and lawmakers.
  • We want to promote and provide counselling and services to people who experience street harassment and gender-based violence.

Our first step in this journey is to collect stories from individuals with experiences to share, so please feel free to share your story with us.

 

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Thanks for your Story

We think that sharing your experiences of street harassment is incredibly brave. You are awesome!

If your experience has made you feel unsafe or you wish to report it please don’t hesitate to contact the Police by phoning 111. The Police also have specific liason officers for the LGBT community, sex workers and ethnic communities so please do not hesitate to speak to one of those officers if you would feel more comfortable doing so (We can put you in touch if needbe).

If contacting the police is not an option, or if your experience has raised issues which you would like help with, you might find one of the other organisations who support Hollaback! helpful.

Due to legal restrictions we are unable to publish names or images of people involved in harassment as this can be considered defamation, and we also won’t include details such as race or class. Please keep this in mind when submitting your experience.

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