The global survey of 750 women in Delhi, Kampala, Lima, Madrid and Sydney found catcalling is one of the most common forms of street harassment in all cities.
In Sydney, the three locations with the highest concentration of sexual harassment reports, as analysed in Plan International's Unsafe in the City study, are all within Sydney's CBD and busy commercial areas with high foot traffic.
Central Station and the adjacent Belmore Park, Town Hall and Hyde Park area and Newtown's King Street topped the list for "bad" locations in the Free to Be app - a program that allows women to reports locations of harassment.
Women reported feeling particularly safe in Circular Quay and the Royal Botanical Gardens, McIver Women's Baths in Coogee and the University of NSW campus.Comments on McIver's baths - a salt water pool for women and children only - called it the "best place to be a woman in Sydney".
Plan International Australia chief executive Susanne Legena says most harassment in Sydney involves groups of men yelling out from vehicles."Men and boys are pushing girls and women out of public spaces and denying them their right to freedom of movement with sexist, often vicious behaviour," she said in a statement.
