An anti-harassment group is crowd funding for a nationwide media campaign asking everyday Egyptians to stop ignoring the problem and start intervening in mob attacks. Systemic, cultural change is tied to a political leadership structure totally in flux.
In the new center of Mideast turmoil, the number of sexual assaults of female protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has continued to grow. Women’s groups say they will not be deterred by the violence.
“The Unfinished Revolution: Voices From the Global Fight for Women’s Rights” tells the origins of the struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls. The following is an essay adapted from the chapter, “How Women’s Rights Became Recognized as Human Rights.”
Women’s rights groups are criticizing Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, for neglecting women’s rights violations in an apparent rush to defend political Islam.
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