Priyanka Tanchangya
Consultant at International Foundation for Electoral System
The first time learn to counteract sexual harassment when I was in 5 standard. Since I studied in Shilong (India), I often traveled by train form Chittagong to Sylhet and there was this old boogie man in the train who used to supply pillows and bed sheets. He once did a very inappropriate gesture towards me.
I told mom about it. Mom said, “Next time if anyone act like that, give him a tight slap.”
So next time, when he tried to repeat his pervert behavior, I reacted. I acted as if I am going to slap him.
I traveled by train after that incident so many times and I met that person several times as well. But he never had shown the guts to do it again.