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Anti-harassment units in Egyptian universities
20-2-2018
In its issue of yesterday, Al Hayat newspaper drew attention to the phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egyptian universities. The excuses and justifications for harassing female students have gone as far as arguing that women students themselves deserve to be considered entirely responsible for the act rather than the lack of ethical behavior and moral degeneration in some male students or their sexual obsession that is masked with morality or religiosity. In its analysis, Al Hayat mentioned that the environment which rejects harassment constitutes the foundation to stand up against this menace in a conservative and religious-observant society. Pointing to the deployment of anti-harassment units in a number of universities, Al Hayat said they work to raise awareness among the university community on the issue, and elucidate the truth and clear out any misperception about it that often helps to socially assimilate and accept the act or stigmatize the girl or woman who is harassed. The newspaper also referred to the HarassMap volunteer-based initiative https://harassmap.org/ar started in 2010 by 4 women in response to the sexual harassment epidemic in the streets of Egypt, noting the great job it is doing in bringing problem to light, wiping out the attached stigma and encouraging victims to speak out. For the full feature, kindly visit the following link: https://goo.gl/m5whXd . (Al Hayat, February 19, 2018)
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