sexual harassment
The Sexual Harassment File: A legal dilemma
Life & Style
June 22, 2011
The Sexual Harassment File: A legal dilemma
Reporting an incident of sexual harassment is, in most cases, an embarrassment for the victim and a degrading experience for…
The Sexual Harassment File: Can culture be blamed?
Life & Style
June 15, 2011
The Sexual Harassment File: Can culture be blamed?
Trying to unearth the cultural origins of sexual harassment in Egypt is a very complicated endeavor; the core of the…
The Sexual Harassment File: Sexual harassment starts at home
Life & Style
June 8, 2011
The Sexual Harassment File: Sexual harassment starts at home
Over the coming weeks, Al-Masry Al-Youm each Wednesday will feature pieces that dissect the reasons behind sexual harassment, the coping…
The Sexual Harassment File: Can’t you girls take a little flirting?
Life & Style
June 8, 2011
The Sexual Harassment File: Can’t you girls take a little flirting?
Over the coming weeks, Al-Masry Al-Youm each Wednesday will feature pieces that dissect the reasons behind sexual harassment, the coping…
Map shows Cairo saw highest harassment rate during revolution
Egypt
April 19, 2011
Map shows Cairo saw highest harassment rate during revolution
Statistics gathered by an organization dedicated to decreasing sexual harassment in Egypt showed an increase in harassment during the revolution.…
2 dead, 61 injured in unrelated fighting in 3 governorates
Egypt
March 21, 2011
2 dead, 61 injured in unrelated fighting in 3 governorates
Several unrelated fights broke out on Monday in the Cairo, Giza and Beni Suef governorates, leaving two people dead and…
Planned Tahrir demo for sexually assaulted US reporter sparks controversy
Egypt
March 2, 2011
Planned Tahrir demo for sexually assaulted US reporter sparks controversy
Protests planned in downtown Cairo on 4 March to demand justice for Lara Logan, the CBS news correspondent who was…
Egypt considers imposing harsher penalties for sexual harassers
Egypt
January 18, 2011
Egypt considers imposing harsher penalties for sexual harassers
Egypt's government is studying the possibility of amending the penal code to deal with increasing rates of sexual harassment.
Citing potential harm to men’s ‘sensitive spots,’ activist urges film ban
Egypt
December 27, 2010
Citing potential harm to men’s ‘sensitive spots,’ activist urges film ban
Mahmoud Hanfy Mahmoud, head of the complaints department at the Association for Human rights and Social Justice, has demanded in…