{"id":50285,"date":"2021-02-16T14:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=50285"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:44:36","slug":"midwifery-students-take-stand-against-cat-calling-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/16\/midwifery-students-take-stand-against-cat-calling-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwifery students take stand against cat-calling in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One in five women have experienced street harassment over lockdown, says survey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TWO midwifery students are chalking statistics and personal stories of harassment on the streets of Cardiff in a campaign against cat-calling.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkback.org\/\">#ChalkBack<\/a> is an international youth-led movement aiming to end gender-based street harassment by writing real stories in chalk and posting them to Instagram. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Farrance, 22, and Grace Davies-Packham, 20, began the Instagram @catcallsofcaerdydd in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sbi-embed-wrap\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media sbi-embed\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLU1LjkHQoP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLU1LjkHQoP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Catcalls of Cardiff, UK\ud83d\udccd (@catcallsofcaerdydd)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two midwifery students hope that seeing the words written in chalk on the streets will raise awareness of the issue and deter those who catcall from continuing to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Street harassment is often an isolating experience, said Sarah. The experience of being catcalled can leave you wanting to \u201cdisappear\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, street harassment isn\u2019t a rare occurrence for young women.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/plan-uk.org\/media-centre\/52-per-cent-of-girls-in-wales-have-been-sexually-harassed-in-public-new-survey-finds\">Plan International UK<\/a>, 32% of women between 14 and 21 receive verbal harassment once a month in Wales.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plan International UK is calling for the Welsh Government to include street harassment in the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy in order to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About one in five women in the UK have experienced street harassment during lockdown, says a <a href=\"https:\/\/plan-uk.org\/media-centre\/1-in-5-girls-have-experienced-street-harassment-during-lockdown\">survey by Plan International UK<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from Bristol, Sarah has experienced street harassment many times while living in Cardiff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn the way to to meet Grace to chalk on Queen Street I was catcalled by men in a van, I just thought to myself this is the most ironic thing. They shouted, \u2018hello sexy\u2019 at me,\u201d said Sarah.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the injustice of feeling unsafe where you live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce, I was cleaning the outside windows of my house and I was shouted at by people in a car. I just thought; you\u2019ve got the audacity to shout at me while I\u2019m stood outside my own property?\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young women in Cardiff are frequently verbally harassed, especially on the streets of the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy Darby, 21, who lives in Cardiff, said an older man shouted at her and her friends \u201cget your tits out girls\u201d as they cycled to Cardiff Bay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another student, who wants to remain anonymous, said a group of boys in a car shouted, \u201cHow much love?\u201d at her on Newport Road.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstreetsnow.org\/our-streets\">Our Streets Now<\/a> is campaigning to make street harassment a criminal offence in the UK. The <a href=\"https:\/\/e-activist.com\/page\/70936\/petition\/1?_ga=2.59074285.1362291050.1613140693-148159813.1613140693\">petition<\/a> has received nearly 25,000 signatures.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As second year university students, Sarah and Grace hope to continue chalking and posting on Instagram throughout their time in Cardiff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-793x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50303\" width=\"621\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-793x1024.jpeg 793w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-770x994.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-293x378.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-793x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50303\" width=\"621\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-793x1024.jpeg 793w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-770x994.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2-293x378.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/02\/image4-2.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Sarah (left) and Grace (right) with a chalk outline that reads &#8220;It&#8217;s not a compliment&#8221;, on Castle Street. <\/strong>Credit: Sarah Farrance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reasons I wanted to go into midwifery match up with why I started chalking. A lot to do with female empowerment and being an advocate for people,\u201d said Grace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah and Grace are urging women to get in contact with their personal stories via their Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything we share and chalk will be anonymous. I do think personal stories are more impactful,\u201d said Sarah.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the Welsh Government said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is wholly unacceptable for anyone to experience violence, abuse and harassment, wherever they may be. Our goal is to make Wales the safest place in Europe for women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In 2015 we brought in landmark legislation the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act \u2013 the first of its kind in the UK. 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