Egypt: "Making Our Streets Safer for Everyone" a campaign to end sexual harassment led by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR)
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ECRW / WLUML networkers The campaign started in 2005, where the center discovered that there was no relevant data on the issue, nor studies nor statistics or researches were done at that time."
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights launched a volunteer campaign against Sexual Harassment in the Egyptian Streets. The campaign started in 2005, where the center discovered that there was no relevant data on the issue, and neither studies nor statistics nor research had been done at that time.
The center surveyed over 2800 women from all around Cairo, the Egyptian capital, and five other Egyptian governorates. The center defines sexual harassment is any uninvited behavior that is sexual in nature and makes women feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
The campaign targets the entire Egyptian society: men and women of all ages. The campaign works to convince women to stand up for their rights, to realize and understand that they are not the cause of these harassments, to give them confidence and to help them face everyday life challenges. The campaign targets the men with certain messages, which remind them that women's existence is normal and natural, and to respect women as humans in the street. The campaign also works to sensitize men on the psychological effects and sociological impact of sexual harassment on women.
The campaign has a radio spot on one of the famous Egyptian radio station as tool to reach bigger audience.
For more information please refer to the campaign brochure on: www.ecwronline.org/english/sexual%20harassment/SHfactsheet.htm
Or contact the campaign coordinator, Engy Ghozlan: engy.ghozlan@gmail.com
(translated from the Arabic by Doaa Abdelaal)
