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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Automatic For The People: [QB] [b]Help Stop Sexual Harassment![/b] Our Campaign Sexual harassment on the streets of Egypt is a growing problem. Harassment takes many forms, all sharing the basic tone of aggression and causing the target to feel violated or unsafe. In recent months, ECWR has received a huge volume of complaints from women in Egypt, both Egyptian and foreign, who face a daily and sometimes overwhelming barrier to accomplishing the simplest tasks because they must face varying levels of intimidation, stalking, indecent exposure or other violent acts almost every time they leave their home. It is clear to us that this problem has become very serious and it is increasing in frequency and in intensity. We cannot be silent on this issue any longer. It is time for both women and men to speak out against harassment and claim their right to walk in their own streets without fear. ECWR has begun preparing a campaign against the sexual harassment of women that will target: The Egyptian media and general public with a public awareness campaign to move this discussion out of our living rooms and into the public space and to convince journalists and the public to start treating the issue as a serious problem The Ministry of the Interior with an advocacy campaign based on real women's stories about the sexual harassment they face to convince the Ministry to make the police enforce existing laws against sexual harassment The Ministry of Education with proposed sensitizing curriculum for use in schools, including booklets teaching children how to tell "good touch" from "bad touch" and what to do if someone violates them We will hold a press conference to officially launch our program in January. But we need your help! We are basing our project on your stories to help us understand and document the problem, analyze it and find the right actions to fight it. And after we collect as many stories from as many women as possible, we will use them to prove our case and pressure the government and media to address this problem. Please help us by sending your stories now! Send as many stories as you want - and tell your friends to send theirs too. We need as many stories as possible to make this campaign work. You can remain anonymous or make up a false name, but please try to give as much information as possible. The form takes 5 minutes to fill out, so please download it now and email it to ecwr@link.net. And remember to report new incidents as they happen – our success depends on you! http://www.ecwregypt.org/English/harassment.htm [/QB][/QUOTE]
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