UNSCR 1325

Women’s Human Rights In Egypt—Cautious Optimism and the Way Forward

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by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network

February 19, 2011 - 11:18pm (Print)

For a few brief days during the Egyptian uprising, women felt relatively safe on the streets of Egypt where sexual street harassment has, for many years, been a problem of epidemic proportions.  As The Daily Beast reports, “A survey released in 2008 by the Center for Women's Rights found that 83 percent of Egyptian women and 98 pe

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Women's Human Rights in Egypt: Cautious Optimism and the Way Forward

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by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network

February 19, 2011 - 11:17pm (Print)

For a few brief days during the Egyptian uprising, women felt relatively safe on the streets of Egypt where sexual street harassment has, for many years, been a problem of epidemic proportions.

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