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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Mona Eltahawy: Mideast women log on, speak out (Special to the Toronto Star)

"Her [Salma, 17] message and others like it, each reporting incidents of groping, catcalling and other forms of street sexual harassment in Egypt, have been plotted as dots on a map of the country — part of the appropriately named HarassMap website. The site, which debuted this month, encourages women to send in their reports of harassment via email, text message, Twitter or Facebook.

"The goal: to chip away at complacency about sexual harassment in Egypt, one dot at a time."

Full article: HerSpace: Mideast women log on, speak out.

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