![Medium-skinned woman wearing teal hijab standing outside busy pedestrian area, holding rectangular frame around her head with written red, bold text [Harassmap] and white Arabic text.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/383356_6cd9c1f5ef22502a_b.jpg
"Project, HarassMap, 2010-ongoing")
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Project, HarassMap, 2010-ongoing
This is a Project. It was designed by Rebecca Chiao, Sawsan Gad and Engy Ghozlan and collaborator: Additional designers and volunteers in Egypt. It is dated 2010-ongoing. It is a part of the department.
Canada, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey
After experiencing daily sexual harassment on Egypt’s streets, four women designed an online crowd- mapped anonymous reporting system, HarassMap. Anyone can share an incident—via text message, online, email, and social media—noting the location, date and time, giving either a personal or witness account, and telling whether an intervention occurred. The posts are then geotagged and aggregated to reveal harassment hotspots on a digital map. The anonymity of the reporting platform has eased the burden of a topic that can be taboo, and the posts provide clear evidence to instigate social and policy changes that can lead to more secure and safe public spaces for all.
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Designing Peace.
