Items related to sexual harassment

Man arrested for molesting children after Quran lessons
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 Jun 2013
A man was arrested in Cairo on Monday on charges of molesting young children after their Quran lessons.   Three...
Minister bans male employees at women's health clubs
MENA 27 May 2013
Minister of Tourism Hesham Zazou has mandated that hotels are to hire female staff only for women's health clubs....
A new unit of female police officers is to combat violence against women.
Special female police unit to combat violence against women
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 May 2013
The head of Egypt's National Council for Women Mervat al-Tallawy met Wednesday with members of a new special unit...
Egyptian anti-government protestors demonstrate raising their shoes in front of the Egyptian national TV building, which is currently secured by the Egyptian Army, in central Cairo, February 11, 2011. Egyptian demonstrators reacted with fury after the military threw its weight behind President Mubarak's attempt to cling on to power despite massive nationwide protests.
Information Minister raises controversy again with comments
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Apr 2013
For the second time, Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud has created controversy when he answered Nahar TV...
Boys harassing girls while they wandering in Alexandria's streets, November 7,2011.
Court fines vendor LE2,000 for molesting woman
Egypt Independent 05 Mar 2013
The Abdin Misdemeanor Court on Tuesday fined a 25-year-old vendor LE2,000 for molesting a woman in downtown Cairo, an...
A protester holds up banner reads "If you harass I won't shut up" during protest against sexual harassment and violence against Egyptian Woman, Cairo, 12 February 2013.
Sexual harassment bill promises harsher penalties
Egypt Independent 20 Feb 2013
The Justice Ministry is preparing a draft law to counter sexual harassment in workplaces and domestic situations in...
A protester holds up banner reads "If you harass I won't shut up" during protest against sexual harassment and violence against Egyptian Woman, Cairo, 12 February 2013.
Female lawyers accuse Islamist TV channel of defamation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Feb 2013
The Egyptian Female Lawyers Initiative submitted a complaint to the Public Prosecution in Cairo on Tuesday against the...
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb during a press conference, Al-Azhar, 19 April, 2011. Referring to violent clashes in Syria, Yemen and Libya, Al-Tayyeb said Al-Azhar is concerned about Arab peoples and called on Arab leaders to keep peoples' interests above their own.
Al-Azhar investigates allegations professor touched students
Al-Masry Al-Youm 18 Feb 2013
  Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb has ordered an urgent investigation into allegations related to...
Clashes between protesters and security forces at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis, Cairo, 1 February 2013.
Thursday’s papers: Protest legislation makes waves as politicians focus on Cabinet shakeup
Noha Moustafa 14 Feb 2013
Thursday’s papers follow the saga of a controversial draft law restricting protests. Although the government says...
Vigils in 35 countries condemn harassment of Egyptian women
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Feb 2013
Scores of people held a vigil in Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo Tuesday, denouncing what they called “...