Tomorrow .. 20 organizations and women's movement organizing and editing for refusing to stop harassment against the Egyptian
Jan 21, 2015
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A group of women's associations across Facebook silent women to stop it tomorrow for 90 minutes in the field of editorial Acdoa the rejection of all forms of sexual harassment against the Egyptians and in addition to criminalize the right of any citizen.
The undersigned organizations confirmed that the rates of violence is unprecedented, and that the whole eye-witnesses to occur, pushing some to believe that she practices for the intentional exclusion of women from the periphery of demonstration and protest. Unfortunately, such actions succeed in keeping the women, especially during night hours that have a low representation of women in the field significantly more than all the previous times.
And expressed the undersigned organizations deeply concerned by the high frequency of sexual harassment and violence against the protesters and said organizations that, while critical of the revolutionary forces practices of the military junta and the armed forces from the application of statements of virginity and the violation of protesters sexually and physically in the events of the Council of Ministers, as organizations emphasized the right of women in the exercise of their civil, political and freely their right to peaceful demonstration and assembly without being subjected to them of security or of the masses of demonstrators.
It is noted that on May 16 last held the initiative is similar under the title of "myself" brought together a number of Egyptian women with the participation of some young people to set up human chains against harassment Street League of Arab States carrying banners reading "not necessary brought my sister in every piece," "defend any girl to walk safely", "No one comes against the girls, but girls," "myself recognize you Btaatharc," and other slogans, has suspended the acceptance of women and interact with passers-by in a positive way.
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