Blog and Tweet today to #EndSH !
When Lara Logan broke the silence and CBS could reveal what happened to her in Tahrir
Square the night of Moubarak resignation, the veil fell and Egyptian women were finally
able to publicly denounce what over two thirds of them suffer daily - which is although
a shame for the country.
Whatever the reasons behind these brutal attacks on women - particularly singled out
in Egypt among other Muslim countries - it was time to denounce this outrageous behavior.
Its resurgence since the fall of the regime suggests that this could be now a means used
كلام بيقولوا رجالة للي بيعاكسوا البنات في الشارع
"Egyptian activists declared Wednesday June 13 as the day to write about sexual
harassment on social websites and blogs in an effort to combat the rising level of
sexual violence in the country."
"Female protesters and visitors to Tahrir square reported a dramatic increase in sexual
violence against female activists over the past week, which led many to believe that
the incidents are part of an organized plan by the state to intimidate protesters."
[BikyaMasr]
During the previous protest, on June 8th...
"An anti-sexual harassment demonstration organized by over 20 Egyptian women’s
groups in protest against the recent escalation of assaults in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
was attacked about an hour and half after it began by unknown troublemakers."
[Read more on BikyaMasr]
The "End Harassment" campaign went on line in 2011, promoted by the
HarassMAP
site:
"Egypt’s most effective organization that has been tallying incidents of harassment across the country
in an effort to help assist women when they traverse what has become and almost war zone-like
atmosphere. Harassment is everywhere, but the online campaigners say it can end."
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