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Egypt Sexual Harassment

When Women Fear To Tread: Sexual Violence And The Egyptian Revolution

Roger Friedland | Posted 04.15.2013 | Religion
Roger Friedland

What we are seeing now in Egypt's squares is much more than ordinary harassment by individual men. Sexual harassment has become a weapon of war against women.

'Horrific, Violent Attacks On Women'

AP | Posted 02.06.2013 | World

CAIRO -- Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group wa...

Sexual Harassment Spiked In Egypt Over Holiday

AP | MAGGIE FICK | Posted 12.30.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's president acknowledged the widespread problem of sexual harassment his country Tuesday, ordering his interior minister to invest...

Egypt's Sexual Harassment 'Epidemic'

www.bbc.co.uk | Posted 11.03.2012 | World

Campaigners in Egypt say the problem of sexual harassment is reaching epidemic proportions, with a rise in such incidents over the past three months. ...

Men Assault March To End Sexual Harassment

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 08.08.2012 | World

CAIRO — A mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment Friday, with the attackers overwhelming t...

Meet The Women Proving That Social Media Brings Change

More Magazine | Posted 10.25.2011 | Women

There's something terribly raw about the stories women post on HarassMap.org, a website started by four friends last year to confront Egypt’s epidem...

In Egypt, Pre-Revolution Levels Of Sexual Harassment Return

Christian Science Monitor | Sarah Lynch | Posted 08.26.2011 | World

Mohammad Anter hands out flyers to evening crowds on a packed Cairo street, trying to catch the attention of any passerby -- until one catches his. ...