• Young Feminists Chalk Back is our artivist and storytelling program for young feminists looking to end gender based street harassment through art. By being a part of this program, young feminists can create or join a catcalls of account in your community. 

    Each account collects stories of gender based street harassment, also known as ‘catcalls’, in their community through anonymous story sharing on Instagram. In groups, the young feminists can go out and chalk the catcall where the harassment took place and post a photo of it online. Alternatively, some accounts create digital art of the catcall and post that online. 

    All members of Young Feminist Chalk Back get: 

    • Access to a global community of solidarity

    • Support and mentorship from Chalk Back leadership

    • Opportunities for growth, press, and speaking events

    Want to join this community? Click here.

  • Chalk Backs are community events meant to spur discussion, support survivors, and encourage everyone to fight gender-based street harassment. We invite passerbyers to chalk a story of street harassment with us in a safe public space.

  • Chalk Back offers activations and chalk murals for companies and organizations. If you are looking for public art to engage an audience or support a campaign, feminist artivists from Chalk Back will work with you to make it happen. 

    In the past, we have worked with Vital Voices, L’Oreal Paris, UN Youth Office, UNGEI and UN Women.

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  • Chalk Back provides workshops to students in various age groups, companies and organizations. These workshops are led by trained Chalk back facilitators. Topics include: ending gender stereotypes, consent, anti-harassment advocacy, youth activism and movement building.

    Signature Workshop:


    Chalk Back: Artivism against Harassment

    This interactive workshop introduces definitions and resources about gender-based harassment and consent, and provides tools for young people to get involved in hands-on activism.

    Following a story sharing activity, participants are invited to “Chalk Back” together to raise awareness, educate, and build community. Participants walk away with an understanding of various hands-on tools to combat harassment and harmful gender norms.

  • Young feminists are powerful change makers in their communities, fighting back against gender based violence. We invest in these activists through training them in public speaking, strengthening their confidence, connecting them to local and global influencing opportunities.

    Stay tuned for an open call coming soon!

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WE CAMPAIGN

Through creative, hands-on, artivist campaigns, Chalk Back mobilizes young feminist voices to advocate for more just futures. Chalk Back has organized campaigns to address various types of gender-based violence and its intersections.

  • An annual campaign in September to address school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).

  • An annual United Nations campaign addressing Gender-Based Violence. Chalk Back has participated for the past 4 years.

  • Chalk Back works globally alongside partners to mark anti-street harassment week each year.

  • Chalk Back seeks to work with men and boys in solidarity for gender justice. Patriarchy is terrible for everyone, by telling a story of how our experience of justice is interconnected everyone has something to gain and a place in the mission to destroy patriarchy.

  • Chalk Back works with men to talk about accountability relating to issues of gender-based violence. We’ve  interviewed teens, public figures, and even an olympian swimmer, to discuss the importance of men’s involvement in anti-harassment advocacy.

  • Chalk Back celebrates pride by soliciting and sharing stories faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals year round and advocating for a safer world for all queer people.

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WE SUPPORT YOUNG FEMINISTS

    • Studies show that both social media and gender-based violence can lead to increased risk of mental illness, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc.  This leaves Chalk Back activists vulnerable to unique challenges.  Many of our activists are survivors of gender-based violence themselves and social media-based activism presents its own mental health risks. We believe that mental health is an essential aspect of sustainable activism and a problem that requires urgent attention. 

    • In 2022 we piloted “Chalk Back for Mental Health”  that invested in over 100 young activists.

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