You know what sucks? Get­ting yelled at on the street (unless it’s someone yelling “Hey Wel­ling­tonista, you’re awe­some, come and have some free drinks in my bar if you like” in a non-threat­en­ing way. Please do that). So Hol­laback! wants to do some­thing about it.

We’ve got your back! 

Hol­laback! is an inter­na­tion­al move­ment to end street har­ass­ment through web and mobile tech­no­logy. We col­lect stor­ies and exper­i­ences of street har­ass­ment from women and LGBTQ folks in a safe and share­able way so that we can break the silence around this form of gender-based viol­ence and have each oth­er­’s backs.

Now Hol­laback is com­ing to Wel­ling­ton, and to cel­eb­rate their launch, the Wel­ling­ton Young Fem­in­ists’ Col­lect­ive is throw­ing a party at Happy on August 13. The gig fea­tures soul lady Moana Ete, elec­tro folk act por­cel­ain­toy and eight-piece all-girl won­der band the Sis­ters of St Ruperts­berg, and it’s $10 on the door. Woo haa!