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Mary Rogers: Sexual Harassment Against Women Common In Egypt

Staff Reporters |
February 16, 2011 | 12:03 p.m. PST

Egyptians hold flags in Cairo. (Photo by Al Jazeera English)
Egyptians hold flags in Cairo. (Photo by Al Jazeera English)
In the wake of Lara Logan's brutal beating and sexual assault in Egypt, Mary Rogers, a producer and camerawoman for CNN who has lived and worked in Egypt for more than 16 years, writes about the sexual harassment of women in Egypt.

Rogers recounts some of her own experiences in a commentary for CNN:

If you are a woman living in Cairo, chances are you have been sexually harassed. It happens on the streets, on crowded buses, in the workplace, in schools, and even in a doctor's office.

According to a 2008 survey of 1,010 women conducted by the Egyptian Center for Women's rights, 98 percent of foreign women and 83 percent of Egyptian women have been sexually harassed.

I was walking home from dinner recently when a carload of young men raced by me and screamed out "Sharmouta" (whore in Arabic.)

The longtime journalist argues that the time has come for Egyptians to address the issue of sexual harassment andchange the attitudes of men.

Read Roger's entire piece here.



 

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