Reclaiming the streets for women’s dignity: effective initiatives in the struggle against gender-based violence in between Egypt’s two revolutions: Brief

This is a study on the struggle to combat gender-based violence in public space in Egypt

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2014
Country:
Egypt
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Tadros, M.

Abstract

This document provides a summary of the study on the struggle to combat gender-based violence in public space in Egypt through the sustained collective action of vigilante groups who organically formed to respond to the increasing encroachment on women in public space from 2011 onwards.

Citation

Tadros, M. Reclaiming the streets for women’s dignity: effective initiatives in the struggle against gender-based violence in between Egypt’s two revolutions. Brief supporting Evidence Report 48. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton, UK (2014) 3 pp.

Reclaiming the streets for women’s dignity: effective initiatives in the struggle against gender-based violence in between Egypt’s two revolutions. Brief supporting Evidence Report 48.

Published 1 January 2014
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