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Youth campaign in support of a sexually harassed young woman
12-3-2019
While the world is celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8, social media networks highlighted the story of the young woman, Dayna Ayash, who narrated an incident of sexual harassment she experienced at the famous Radio Beirut pub in the Beirut neighborhood of Mar Mkhaeil where she used to work. The post received great support from social media users. Ayash revealed that a musician recruited by the pub tried molested her on February 6. Shortly after the incident she resigned, Diana said, adding, before that “I reported the harasser to the club owner asking him to not host him during the last few days of my work.” The musician showed up again forcing Dayna to put up with this temporarily. Dayna posted her story when she learned that the bar owner was planning to organize a special event to mark the IDW, when in reality he played down or trivialized sexual harassment against her. Following the uproar sparked by Dayna's post, Radio Beirut official page issued a statement denying the incident and describing the news as part of a slander campaign against the place, only to delete the post a couple hours later releasing an apology to Diana to this end. On this, WLP executive director, Lina Abu Habib, hailed Dayna's courage in a society where few women come forward and speak out incidents of abuse they are subjected to, Abu Habib said, Dayna spoke on behalf of every silent woman, demanding employers to provide a safe workplace for women. Likewise, psychologist Marie Therese Badawi, noted that Lebanese women have changed, but the problem remains in men who still resist the change. (L'Orient Le Jour, March 11, 2019)
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