Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Egypt: Cairo’s women speak out against violence


Good on these courageous women!

We must all stand with them in demanding that violence against women and mothers stop!

Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Egypt: Cairo’s women speak out against violence:

In the run-up to the annual global campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Egypt’s First Lady, Suzanne Mubarak, addressing a meeting of the Arab Women’s Organisation, issued a heartfelt plea:
What shall we do to face challenges of discrimination, extremism and religious fanaticism?
It’s a vexing question - and one to which women back home in Egypt would have a very specific answer: stop ignoring violence against women even when it’s become an international scandal thanks to citizen video and the internet.

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