sexual harassment
Report: Harassment declines on streets, grows in schools, universities
Egypt
April 28, 2015
Report: Harassment declines on streets, grows in schools, universities
The number of sexual harassment complaints in Egypt declined between December 25 and April 18, compared to a hike in…
Shoft Taharosh suggests reformatory prison for sexual abusers
Egypt
April 16, 2015
Shoft Taharosh suggests reformatory prison for sexual abusers
Shoft Taharosh (I Saw Harassment), a pressure group that works on monitoring and reporting sexual harassment, has suggested creating a…
Shoft Taharosh: Sexual harassment rates in downtown Cairo declined on Easter
Egypt
April 14, 2015
Shoft Taharosh: Sexual harassment rates in downtown Cairo declined on Easter
This year's Sham al-Nessim holiday has seen a marked decline in sexual harassment against women reported in downtown Cairo, although…
Teacher who sexually harassed blind student referred to trial
Egypt
April 8, 2015
Teacher who sexually harassed blind student referred to trial
Daqahlia prosecution referred a teacher at a blinds school on Wednesday to a criminal court over charges of sexually harassing one…
Video shows policemen sexually harassing, beating detainees
Egypt
March 26, 2015
Video shows policemen sexually harassing, beating detainees
During Wael al-Brashy's Wednesday evening program on Dream 2 Channel, a video was broadcast, in which a group of policemen…
Birell ad draws criticism for ‘encouraging’ sexual harassment
Egypt
March 26, 2015
Birell ad draws criticism for ‘encouraging’ sexual harassment
Birell's advertisement campaign has raised a storm on social media for telling its consumers how to “be a man”, which…
CBS reporter hospitalized over 2011 Tahrir Square harassment complications
Egypt
March 25, 2015
CBS reporter hospitalized over 2011 Tahrir Square harassment complications
CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan has been readmitted to a Washington, D.C., hospital, the network said on Tuesday,…
Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
Life & Style
March 6, 2015
Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
Every since I was a little girl, I have had to put up with men touching me and insulting me…
Cairo University students launch media campaign against sexual harassment
Egypt
February 1, 2015
Cairo University students launch media campaign against sexual harassment
The Faculty of Information at Cairo University has launched a project for its students, asking them to compile accounts of…
99% of Egyptian women have suffered some form of sexual harrasment, UN report reveals
Egypt
January 15, 2015
99% of Egyptian women have suffered some form of sexual harrasment, UN report reveals
The National Council for Woman (NCW) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the ministries of Justice,…