Egypt taking sexual harassment more seriously than the U.K.?

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Penalties will be minimum of 2 years jail and fines starting at an equivalent of UK£4,500-£9,000! If the perpetrator was in a position of trust or power over the person, then those are increased to 7 years minimum jail plus a fine of between £16,000-£22,000.

And it includes online sexual harassment!!

For the fines remember that the average Egyptian earns FAR below the average Brit so are proportionately much higher in the Egyptian context.

I'm not posting this naively, I know all too well terms are open to interpretation and systems to abuse/misuse and obviously women (primarily) have to feel able to report, however, this undeniably sends a very strong message.

Am interested to see how this plays out when it comes into law.

egyptianstreets.com/2021/06/27/egyptian-parliaments-legislative-committee-approves-changing-sexual-harassment-from-misdemeanor-to-felony/

Let’s see them enforce it. Street harassment in Egypt is absolutely horrific so something drastic needs to be done. Not really comparable to the UK situation

Oh. That's sound like good news.

Will keep an eye on developments.

Is it cynical of me to think this is partly fueled by the women are property line?

It's part of the explanation.

But we also have this in the UK. Much more than Egypt at the moment, unfortunately.

Any woman is up for rape/domination.

Sex. Jobs. Sports. Work. Supermarket toilets for example i.e Sainsbury's using their PR department to confuse people as to what are LGB (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual Rights) and anti-gay anti-female, anti-women, anti-black/brown/white Rights.

Sainsburys's et al need to educate themselves as to the difference between pro, and anti.

Much more meaning legal actions.

Egyptians are ahead of us it seems. If it is for females by reality definition.

I've read the Egypt is the worst place in the world to be a woman.
And bearing in mind the competition for that title...

Yorkshire?

I’d be amazed if this is effectively enforced. Egypt has a shockingly bad reputation and high FGM rates. It’s not a place I would want to be a woman.

How is sexual harassment defined in Egyptian law?

Here is an explanation re the current law.
egyptianstreets.com/2018/08/18/what-is-the-punishment-for-sexual-harassment-in-egypt/

Thank you theleaves.

Oddly I'm from Yorkshire & live in Egypt!

I know where I feel safer, & it isn't Leeds...

There's a lot of grassroots feminism here. A couple of high publicity rape cases hit quite close to home as far as my female students are concerned. They're angry.

As for street harassment: yes, it's a problem. As an obviously not Egyptian woman, I find a torrent of furious Arabic swearing gets men like this to back off sheepishly very quickly indeed. It's not so easy for Egyptian women. It's good to see the government responding.

Thanks for posting Corvus. Great to get an "on the ground" insight.