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Egyptian Women Blamed for Sexual Assaults - NYTimes.com

Women have begun turning to the news media to tell their stories as conservative lawmakers use their political platforms to criticize victims of rape.

Egypt’s Islamists Blame Women for Increase in Sexual Harassment - The Feed - National Review Online

NRO: In Egypt, women’s rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists’ attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment. Post-revolution, the number of women reporting sexual harassment and violence has skyrocketed. So, too, it...

Egyptian Women Reject Blame for Upsurge in Sexual Harrassment

In Egypt, women's rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists' attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment.  Post-revolution, the number of women reportin...

Egyptian National Council for Women proposes new sexual harassment law - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

United Nations News Centre - Women in post-revolutionary Egypt must be free from fear of sexual violence – UN envoy

A United Nations envoy today expressed dismay at the sexual attacks on women protesters in Egypt, as well as the messages from prominent religious and political leaders that women are to blame.

Egypt: Egyptian superhero fights sexual harassment | Mike Hitchen Online: i On Global Trends

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Egypt to have anti-sexual harassment hotline - Politics Balla

  360° Coverage : Egypt to have anti-sexual harassment hotline

Muslim Brotherhood’s Words on Women Stir Liberal Fears - NYTimes.com

In a statement on a proposed United Nations declaration to condemn violence against women, the Brotherhood issued a list of objections, which formally laid out its views on women.

Egypt Islamists say UN women’s rights declaration is threat to society | The Raw Story

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has warned that a UN document demanding global standards to prevent violence against women is un-Islamic and would lead to the “complete degradation of society.”

Muslim Brotherhood Slams U.N. Women's Rights Declaration - The Daily Beast

But Egypt's women activists aren't worried – and say their movement is stronger than ever.

International Women's Day in Egypt: Three profiles | Egypt Independent

International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March each year, is a day to honor women and the struggle for women’s rights. Egypt Independent profiles three women leading very different lives, to explore some of the issues facing women in...

Vox pops: Life for women in Egypt - Egypt - Ahram Online

On International Women's Day, Ahram Online hits the streets of Cairo to ask if life is easy for women in Egypt

Egypt celebrates International Women's Day | Al-Shorfa

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Dispatches from CSW: Protecting the rights of Egypt's women

Tahrir Square has become notorious for violence against women. Egyptian activists spoke out at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women.

Prosecutor orders forensic reports for sexual harassment victims - News - Aswat Masriya

Egypt women wage war against 'sexual terrorism' - Times LIVE

Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a reticent society to confront "sexual terrorism."

Raped Egypt Women Wish Death Over Life With Male Crimes Ignored: Image - Bloomberg

Egyptian protesters hold up placards and shout slogans during a demonstration in Cairo against sexual harassment. Photographer: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Raped Egypt Women Wish Death Over Life With Male Crimes Ignored: Image - Bloomberg

Egyptian women take part in a march against sexual harassment at the Seiyda Zeinab Mosque in Cairo on Feb. 6, 2013. Photographer: Ed Giles/Getty Images

Raped Egypt Women Wish Death Over Life With Male Crimes Ignored: Image - Bloomberg

An Egyptian man looks at a cartoon depiction of a woman kicking a soldier under the word

Egypt women wage war against 'sexual terrorism' - Yahoo! News Singapore

Read 'Egypt women wage war against 'sexual terrorism'' on Yahoo! News Singapore. Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and...

Egypt Women Wage War Against 'Sexual Terrorism'

Faced with a spike in sexual violence against female protesters, Egyptian women are overcoming stigma and recounting painful testimonies to force silent authorities and a reticent society to confront "sexual terrorism".

International Women's Day: In the Arab world, women aren't supposed to talk about sex - let alone enjoy it. But that might be changing - Comment - Voices - The Independent

A millennium ago, a writer in Baghdad by the name of âAli ibn Nasr al-Katib produced a good sex guide called the Encyclopedia of Pleasure. Among his top tips: âConversation and kissing are particularly important when the sexual union is over...

Terror in Tahrir | Egypt Independent

Women activists have protested all over the world against sexual violence in Egypt. The protests, which took place in front of Egyptian embassies in 20 capitals worldwide and in Cairo, sent a clear message to the Egyptian government that the...

Court fines vendor LE2,000 for molesting woman | Egypt Independent

The Abdin Misdemeanor Court on Tuesday fined a 25-year-old vendor LE2,000 for molesting a woman in downtown Cairo, an Egyptian rights group said Tuesday. The vendor is also to pay LE50 to cover her lawyers' fees and expenses.

The healing process: Treatment for survivors of sexual violence | Egypt Independent

A woman recounts her experience of sexual violence to you. It may be tempting if she is crying to tell her not to cry. It may be tempting to touch or hug her as well or try to help her feel better.

On guard: Confronting sexual assault | Egypt Independent

On 25 January, the date of the revolution’s second anniversary, more than 20 cases of sexual assault or rape took place in and around Tahrir Square. One video circulated on YouTube by the organization Tahrir Bodyguard appeared to show one of the...

In the news: Documenting sexual violence | Egypt Independent

There is barely a media outlet in Egypt that has not covered sexual violence in the wake of violations and rapes in Tahrir Square.

Egyptian superhero breaks taboo on sexual violence - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - FRANCE 24

Egyptian women have a new ally in their fight against sexual harassment – a superhero taking on the country's sexual predators. FRANCE 24 talked to the creator of “Supermakh”, a comic character inspired by Superman.

Egyptian women put sexual harassment on the map | Toronto Star

HarrassMap, a volunteer project, lets women report incidents on SMS and pinpoint the “hot spots” where they occur.

Raped Egypt Women Wish Death Over Life as Crimes Ignored - Bloomberg

The back seat of Joanna Joseph’s Hyundai is still stained with the young woman’s blood.

Egypt: Year One, HarassMap Report- Stop Street Harassment

Over 24,000 rape, sexual harassment cases pending - Oneindia News

Over 24,000 cases related to rape and sexual harassment are pending in the Supreme Court and various High Courts of the country

Sexual Harassment on the Rise, Women Say - China Real Time Report - WSJ

In a world that is full of places where women can't walk the streets alone, China appears to be relatively safe. But women here are facing a rise in sexual harassment, according to a new survey.

Unofficial 'morality police' launches in Egypt - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Sexual harassment in Egypt - Miami Herald

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Sexual harassment of #Egypt women toon turned into a poster by 6 April Movement – Via @Just_Me_Mido | Latuff Cartoons

"A função do artista é violentar" (Glauber Rocha)

Sexual harassment of #Egypt women toon turned into a poster by 6 April Movement – Via @Just_Me_Mido | Latuff Cartoons

"A função do artista é violentar" (Glauber Rocha)

Egypt Sexual Assault: Nora Soliman Speaks About Violence Against Women In Tahrir Square (VIDEO)

A growing number of women are speaking out about a sexual assault epidemic in Egypt's landmark Tahrir Square.

Why Women Fear Tahrir Square - theTrumpet.com

More info about: Why Women Fear Tahrir Square.

Sexual Violence in Egypt: Can Men Protect Us? | Al Akhbar English

Many of the so-called revolutionaries thought it was not the right time to talk about gender equality, that women gain rights as the political struggle proceeds, and that the gender-related issues raised are pushed by western-liberal propaganda....

The circle of hell: Inside Tahrir's mob sexual assault epidemic - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Nahlah Ayed: On the front line in the old war against sexual assault - World - CBC News

Brutal attacks against women at political protests in Cairo highlight the problem of everyday sexual assault and harassment in that city, and are pushing young women to fight against it in the open, the CBC's Nahlah Ayed writes.

EGYPT BULLETIN - HarassMap battles sexual harassment in Egypt and beyond - نشرة مصر

Browse the latest news of Egypt from thelocal and international media. We publish daily news of Egypt in English &Arabic., تصفح اخر الأخبار عن مصر من الصحف المحلية والعالمية. نعرض...

Op Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault قوة ضد التحرش/الإعتداء الجنسي الجماعي: Press Release on the Shura's Statements

¨Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault¨ followed the discussion by the Human Rights Committee of the Shura Council (Upper House) on Monday, Febru

Interactive play on sexual harassment rides Cairo's metro - Stage & Street - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online

Craig and Marc Kielburger: Egyptian Women Have a New Tool to Fight Sexual Harassment

With the help of a grant from Canada's International Development Research Centre, Rebecca Chiao is using online tools to help change Egyptian attitudes to sexual harassment and make the streets safer for women and men. It's called HarassMap.