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diamond03

This film will battle a global epidemic prevalent in Egypt: sexual harassment | Egyptia... - 0 views

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film egyptian harassment women

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  • Egypt:
  • sexual harassment
  • ‘Creepers on the Bridge’,
  • ...46 more annotations...
  • feeling of intimidation
  • Cairo
  • experience whe
  • n walking down Egyptian streets,
  • , The People’s Girls
  • issue of sexual harassment
  • perfect time to create a documentary that will analyze the causes, provide alternatives to traditional thought and document women fighting back in creative ways,” explained 22-year-old Colette Ghu
  • “Because we’re both frequently in the street alone, we both experience high levels of stares daily, as well as verbal harassment,
  • sexual harassment is still taboo in Cairo
  • to walk outside or take public transportation,
  • don’t want to deal with the intimidation and anxiety.
  • the United States, Latin America, Europe, South Asia- we’ve experienced various levels of sexual harassment.
  • three people with different views of sexual harassment and their daily lives surrounding the issue,
  • three Egyptians to reveal the extent of sexual harassment in Egypt and to get a better understanding of the issue,
  • Esraa is a 25-year-old Egyptian woman
  • challenges social norms by performing in storytelling theater pieces about sexual harassment
  • participating in anti-sexual harassment protests and events.”
  • 8 out of 10 women experience sexual harassment in public transportation,
  • deters us
  • members of society open up about their own experiences and perspectives.”
  • 99 percent of women in Egypt have faced sexual harassment.
  • 2011 revolution had a big impact on the issue of sexual harassment,
  • positive and negative ways
  • unfortunately become more widespread,
  • lack of police
  • gives harassers a sense of immunity
  • more commonplace and accepted.
  • President Sisi
  • police presence in the streets has increased, and more harassers have been brought to justice
  • Egyptian women have reached their boiling point in recent years, and inspired by the revolution, they have become a lot more outspoken
  • critics of Islam often end up blaming misogyny on religion.
  • sexual harassment is not specific to one religion.
  • here remains a common misbelief in the West that Egyptian, as well as all Arab women, are oppressed.
  • women in Egypt have been able to do basically anything a man can do
  • work and have a career
  • degrees in higher education,
  • high leadership roles
  • product of the news cycle following the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
  • societal pressures for women to focus on getting married and starting a family.
  • very similar to the ones women in the West
  • no way means that all Egyptian men are harassers,
  • Arab or Muslim-specific issue.
  • a worldwide problem.”
  • two meanings that it has in Arabic
  • well-mannered, cultured, respectable girl,
  • “When people blame victims of sexual harassment, they often argue that if only the girl was a ‘people’s girl’ then she wouldn’t get harassed. The name is also an ode to all the girls and women of Egypt.”
  • diamond03 on 01 Oct 14
     
    Filmmakers are filming a film that talks about the sexual harassment issue that occurring in Egypt. Ninety-nine percent of women in Egypt have faced sexual harassment. It also shares the common misbeliefs that people believe due to American news. 
pvaldez2

Women Share Their Stories Of Street Harassment Around The World. What's Your Story? : G... - 0 views

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share stories street harassment egyptian

shared by pvaldez2 on 06 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • pvaldez2 on 06 Apr 16
     
    This article describes stories around the world about street harassment. There are groups out there trying to help stop street harassment. One of these groups is called Stop Street Harassment
yperez2

The Sexual Harassment File: Foreign women in Egypt and harassment - 0 views

www.egyptindependent.com/...ign-women-egypt-and-harassment

shared by yperez2 on 17 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    This article mentions how the sexual harassment experienced in Egypt is a problem for all women. Women who are from the country and foreign women experience harassment, because they are women not because of where they are from.
diamond03

Egypt's deep-seated culture of sexism - 1 views

www.middleeastmonitor.com/...-deep-seated-culture-of-sexism

egypt culture sexism women's rights

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  • Don't worry, women have smaller brains than men."
  • in the Qur'an
  • od's right given to men to command women."
  • ...32 more annotations...
  • "Women overstate the problem
  • harassment
  • gently to ask why they thought it was OK to do it.
  • 99.3 per cent
  • nearly all of the Egyptian women
  • a sleaze-ball while she was pre
  • reported sexual harassment on a too regular basis. One even reported being whistled at by a sleaze-ball while she was pre
  • regular basis. One even reported being whistled at by a sleaze-ball while she was pre
  • deep-rooted culture of male sexism that pervades Egyptian society was clear.
  • sexual harassment law needs to be defined better
  • gender very much defines your experience of walking the streets of Egypt.
  • Twenty-eight per cent of Egyptian women reported being victims of domestic violence
  • UNESCO estimates that a third of Egyptian females will still be illiterat
  • married off at the age of just twelve or thirteen
  • experienced some form of sexual harassment
  • president Adly Mansour approved a new sexual harassment law
  • men are required to report incidents to their local police station, taking the assailant with t
  • described the law as "weak and unclear.
  • nds are too often dismayed when the
  • senior officer simply calls the husband, who takes the woman home
  • Egypt as the worst country for women's rights among twenty-two Arab League states.
  • In the short-term, the
  • propose anonymity for women
  • formed protection squads
  • Tahrir Bodyguard,
  • civil society group
  • President Al-Sisi was elected on a patronising notion of gender.
  • 2011 uprising;
  • Al-Sisi saw the role of a good Egyptian housewife as "encouraging men and children to work
  • Al-Sisi is less about burning the bra and more dousing it with dishwater.
  • His popularity amongst women's rights activists wasn't helped given that he also presented himself as a stereotypical masculine man
  • time for him to step up to the mark on women's rights.
  • diamond03 on 22 Sep 14
     
    Women in Egypt continue to fight for their rights. They continue to be abused even with laws that aim to protect them. 
pvaldez2

Is Egypt doing enough to counter widespread sexual harassment? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse ... - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...arassment-conviction-hope.html

egypt harassment the middle east women rights equality

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  • pvaldez2 on 08 Mar 16
     
    The article is about if Egypt is doing enough to counter widespread sexual harassment. The article also discuss the sexual harassment women faced during the 2011 uprising.
yperez2

Sadly, this poor woman's experience at Cairo University is all too common in Egypt - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...o-common-in-egypt-9215047.html

shared by yperez2 on 17 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    HANNAH SOMERVILLE talks about how even though there has been a womens movement, women are still being harassed. She talks about her own experience and how she even considered moving apartment to lessen the harassment.
  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    HANNAH SOMERVILLE talks about how even though there has been a womens movement, women are still being harassed. She talks about her own experience and how she even considered moving apartment to lessen the harassment.
yperez2

Egyptian citizens campaign against harassment of women - 0 views

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  • yperez2 on 03 Mar 15
     
    Egypt ranks last among Arab nations in its treatment of women. In this article people protest and start doing something about the harassment of women.
  • yperez2 on 03 Mar 15
     
    Egypt ranks last among Arab nations in its treatment of women. In this article people protest and start doing something about the harassment of women.
yperez2

Trouble in Luxor: My Experience Getting Harassed in Egypt | Young Adventuress - 0 views

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shared by yperez2 on 17 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    A young women talks about her experience while being a tourist in Egypt. She experiences constant harassment while walking to tourist sites and comments on how it made her feel "cheap".
  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    A young women talks about her experience while being a tourist in Egypt. She experiences constant harassment while walking to tourist sites and comments on how it made her feel "cheap".
ajonesn

Egypt- Worst country for women in all 22 Arab Nations - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-middle-east-24908109

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  • Egypt 'worst for women' out of 22 countries in Arab world
  • There are whole villages on the outskirts of Cairo and elsewhere where the bulk of economic activity is based on trafficking in women and forced marriages
  • high rates of female genital mutilation and a growth in conservative Islamist groups contributed to the low ranking.
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  • Iraq ranked second-worst after Egypt, followed by Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
  • Egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the Arab world, according to a poll of gender experts
  • sexual harassment was cited as the main factor.
  • A UN report in April said 99.3% of women and girls in Egypt had been subjected to sexual harassment.
  • Iraq was now more dangerous for women than under Saddam Hussein, with women disproportionately affected by the violence of the past decade.
  • diamond03 on 20 Nov 14
     
    A study found that 99.3% of women were subjected to sexual harassment in Egypt. Forced marriages and human trafficking were also stated to highly affect the women.
  • yperez2 on 28 Jan 15
     
    Egypt is said to be one of the worst places for women. Women experience everyday harassment including sexual harassment.
  • ajonesn on 09 Feb 15
     
    Egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the Arab world, according to a poll of experts on gender issues in 22 Arab states.
sgriffi2

More Rights, Less Harrassment - 0 views

This news video update was released two years ago, and shows how the same problems are still existent right now: "As Egyptian run-off presidential elections approach, fears are mounting over the pr...

#women #womensrights #feminism #egypt #equality

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sambofoster

Bangladesh: Women Commit Suicide to Escape Sexual Harassment | Violence is not our Culture - 0 views

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sexual harrassment suicide women

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  • sambofoster on 24 Feb 16
     
    Sexual harassment against women in Bangladesh is turning deadly. According to local human rights groups 28 women committed suicide this year to escape frequent sexual harassment. Before killing themselves most of them wrote a note demanding an end to the sexual harassment known locally as 'eve teasing' where boys intercept girls on the street, and shout obscenities, laugh at them, pull or touch them or worse.
yperez2

Egypt's Sexual Harassment Law: An Insufficient Measure to End Sexual Violence | Middle... - 0 views

www.mei.edu/...nt-measure-end-sexual-violence

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  • yperez2 on 17 Mar 15
     
    This article is about how Egypt has implemented laws for sexual harassment in Egypt. Although it has been implemented there are still problems with it. These problems range from enforcing the law to the wording and excluding of words.
pvaldez2

How Egyptian Women Are Fighting Absurd Rape And Abortion Laws - 0 views

www.youthkiawaaz.com/...s-rights-and-struggle-in-egypt

egyptian fighting laws women rights

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  • pvaldez2 on 03 Feb 16
     
    "Egypt ranks the second country in the world after Afghanistan in terms of sexual harassment". While the sexual harassment law is considered an accomplishment regarding women's rights in Egypt, there are many sections in the Egyptian penal code which still carry forms of discrimination against women. Organizations are helping women fight back. An example is HarassMap.
pvaldez2

Five ways tech is crowdsourcing women's empowerment | Global Development Professionals ... - 0 views

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tech crowdsourcing network Egypt women

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  • pvaldez2 on 09 Feb 16
     
    Article describes how tech is crowdsourcing women's empowerment. What tech is doing for these women is allowing them to enter their own data than relying on institutional datasets. Examples are them crowdsourcing data on street harassment, reporting sexual harassment and violence, and finding respectful gynecologists.
aromo0

Women's Rights in Egypt: the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement - 0 views

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rights egypt women movement

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  • aromo0 on 17 Feb 16
     
    Muftah is an organization that is concerned with human rights and has launched a movement called, Women's Rights in Egypt: the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement. Egypt is labeled as the #1 worst country to be a woman in.
aromo0

Egypt's Trouble With Women - The New York Times - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...09iht-edalaswany09.html

women egypt rights organization

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  • The first plane to cross the finish line was piloted by a 26-year-old woman named Lotfia El Nadi, Egypt’s first female aviator.
  • father had rejected the idea, but she did not despa
  • “I learned to fly because I love to be free.”
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  • hero and a national treasure in the eyes of Egyptians.
  • Women saw her as an inspiration in their struggle for equal rights
  • women followed her exam
  • Egyptian women made advances in equality throughout the period of the monarchy
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser, women continued to advance, achieving positions in universities, Parliament and the senior judiciary.
  • 22 Arab countries for discrimination in law, sexual harassment and the paucity of female political representation
  • women
  • Egypt’s tradition of moderate Islam recognized women’s rights and encouraged women to study and work.
  • woman’s job is to please her husband and provide offspring.
  • promote female genital mutilation
  • cover her body completely and may not study,
  • women started to wear the
  • cannot even leave the house without her husband’s permission.
  • control women’s sexuality.
  • Wahhabism has influenced all Islamic societies and movements, including Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.
  • until 2005 that sexual harassment became an organized form of retribution against Egyptian women
  • hijab
  • 83 percent of women interviewed had been subjected to sexual harassment at least once, and that 50 percent experienced it on a daily basis.
  • When ultraconservative doctrine dehumanizes women, reducing them to objects, it legitimizes acts of sexual aggression against them.
  • many Egyptian women still went without head scarves, wearing modern Western-style dress, yet incidents of sexual harassment were rare. Now, with the spread of the hijab, harassm
  • The security apparatus paid thugs, known as “beltagiya,” to gang up on a woman attending a demonstration, tear off her clothes and molest her.
  • Dec. 17, 201
  • Tahrir Square in Cairo, soldiers pulled a female protester’s clothes off and dragged her along the ground, stomping on her with their boots
  • victim of the attack became an icon for Egyptian women
  • mocked the victim, blaming her for not staying
  • in the home
  • During the revolution, millions of Egyptian women went out and bravely faced snipers’ bullets
  • rity.
  • President Mohamed Morsi’s later attempt to rewrite the Egyptian Constitution would also have removed the only female judge on the Supreme Constitutional Court.
  • They tried to overturn the law punishing doctors who carried out female genital mutilation, and refused to consider the marriage of minors as a form of human trafficking by claiming that Islam permitted a girl as young as 10 years old to be married.
  • The revolutionaries are fighting for equality
  • trying to strip women of their political and social rights and make them subject to men’s autho
  • 10 female members of Parliament out of a total of 508
  • epresents a future that no one can prevent.
  • diamond03 on 06 Oct 14
     
    This article discusses how women have been treated differently since the beginning of time. Things began to change once women began to stand up for themselves in protests. 
  • aromo0 on 05 Mar 16
     
    Egypt's tradition of was not initially oppressive. The 1973 war in the Middle East introduced Egyptians to Wahhabis values.
pvaldez2

Egyptian women urged to 'put on your dress' - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...ampaign-sexual-harassment.html

egyptian dress women rights

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  • pvaldez2 on 02 Mar 16
     
    The article is about a campaign called "Put on your Dress and take back femininity". Dina Anwar, an Egyptian pharmacist, hopes that this campaign will help fight against sexual harassment in Egypt.
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