Throughout middle and high school and i remember not being able to understand why men spoke to me when i clearly was not of age to be listening to be listening to those types of comments. And it impacts every single female friend that i had. Ben called this reaction what it was sexist and critics wondered why he chose to go back to retrieve his wallet they claimed this would not have happened if he had just gotten a cab but people are missing the point every human being regardless of whether they are a man or woman should be able to walk on the city streets free from harassment and violence. Dress is not an open invitation and they should not have further abuse heaped on them by the public for being responsible for another persons crime or abuse. Ben and his girlfriend wrote from the hospital they said now for the folks that have never met us not once have only heard our story via internet and media stations. To those who feel passionate about stopping harassment and feel like woman ne
Will be presented by supervisor kim. Thank you. Were actually honoring a lot of upstanding individuals today while this individual is not an official member of the city family he is certainly a member of our city and a district 6 resident. Im honoring an individual today that many of you have probably read about in the press recently. His name is ben schwart z. Ben was attacked in our neighborhood after taking a stand at the verbal abuse directed at his girlfriend he was returning from a party Early Saturday Morning and passed a man making threats to her and after crossing to the other side of the street and being followed ben asked the perpetrator and punches were thrown and ben ended up being stabbed 9 times in the back, face and neck and arms with the knife narrowly missing his spinal cord but puncturing his lung. While there are many men and women women ben made a Public Statement and he and elevated this issue and in fact one that is so pervasive that theres a consensus not even s
A residential building in the city of out ah, hello and welcome from russias capital of moscow. And from wherever youre tuning in, this is our to international, the weekly. But the top, the stories for this hour and this week pleasure to have you with us. Im carol isabel, gaza claims 3 children have been killed in israels latest attack on the strip with the death toll rising to 24. Since the moment tel aviv renewed it strikes on friday. Israel has denied accusations of the attack saying an unsuccessful launch of a heavy rocket by Palestinian Militants was behind the desk lay on saturday. Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants fired rockets that television in response to deadly attacks on gaza. Journalist hen could are we reports from a local hospital as the Israeli Aggression on the gaza strip continues, and the 2nd day of the aggression comes to an end. We are now in elk for hospital one of the main hospitals in the gaza strip that i received at least 140 palestinian citizens. That has b
Africans are reportedly on just the right of starvation. We get some inside from the local red cross unit with very welcome. This is all the international with the latest world news update is a pleasure to have you with us. Or we start with the latest from the latest republic where at least one civilian has been killed and 9 others wounded, including children, and the ukrainian shelling of a residential block in the city of al chevy. Thats according to the gun school authorities. This, the amateur footage reportedly from the scene shows part of the building in flames, where the shell impact crater also seen on the ground. Nearby. Officials say the fire was fox by a direct hit on the civilian building itself. Windows have been blown out on some near by homes have also been damaged well across the neighboring don. Yes, were Public Officials say at least one civilian has been killed and 7 others wounded in saturday. Shelling of the city by ukrainian forces. This, im verified for t j appea
Global he went to carry an aide, is redirected to ukraine. Almost 1000000 africans are reportedly under threat of salvation. We get some inside from the local red cross unit, both with very welcome. This is on the international with the latest world news update is a pleasure to have you with our we thought with the latest from the la guns republic where at least one civilian has been killed and 9 others wounded, including children and the ukrainian shelling of a residential block in the city of al chavez, thats according to the gun school authorities. This, the amateur 13 reportedly from the theme shows part of the building in flames with a shell in past grade to also seen on the ground nearby. Officials say the fire was boxed by a direct hit on the civilian building itself. Windows had been blown out on some near by homes, have also been damaged across a neighboring danielle for a public official say at least one civilian has been killed and 7 others wounded in saturday. Shelling of t