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Ex-Law Student Leads Landmark Battle Against Sexual Harassment in Egypt

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p quot;A recent study by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights found that 83 percent of Egyptian women and 98 percent of foreign women experience public sexual harassment in [Egypt]..., including explicit comments, groping, men exposing themselves and assault,quot; reports the Los Angeles Times. /p p A 27-year-old former law student, however, has fought back by pursuing a complaint in a landmark case.  The young woman, who was groped by a truck driver, was urged to file a complaint by her father, documentary filmmaker Noha Rushdi Saleh.  The truck driver was sentenced, in October, to three years of hard labor./p pa href=http://ms-jd.org/exlaw-student-leads-landmark-battle-against-sexual-harassment-egyptread more/a/p

Full post as published by Ms. JD on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).