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Sexual Harassment in Egypt
By: Callie Sirmans
Quick Facts
Sexual Harrassment is one of the most common crimes in Egypt
Rapes usually arent reported in Egypt
More than 99% of women have been a victim of harassment in Egypt
https://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/almost-every-egyptian-woman-is-subjected-to-sexual-harassment-a-1198328.html
The punishment of sexual violence in egypt is 50,000 egyptian pounds and can be sentenced to prison from 6 months to 5 years
NOUL
24 year old Egyptian woman
"As an Egyptian women, you spend your entire life dealing with sexual violence. My mother is in her mid fifties and still gets harrassed."
Mozn Hassan
"Legal punishments work because they carry a stigma for the perpetrator, They are largely ineffective if predatory men don't understand why they are in the wrong. We live in a culture of sexual violence. Our society accepts the disrespectful treatment of women. That needs to change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=195&v=kuX78fgizRg&feature=emb_logo
Solutions
HarassMap
Self Defence Classes
These classes are held in safe spaces to allow
women to come and seek assitance.
These classes are part martial art lessons, part support group
References
https://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/almost-every-egyptian-woman-is-subjected-to-sexual-harassment-a-1198328.html
https://www.unfpa.org/fr/news/“your-voice-your-weapon”-taking-sexual-harassment-egypt
https://harassmap.org/en/intervene