Egyptian Shereen Diaa, mother of two left her two young sons, ages 6 and 8 home alone for two hours, amid protests and unrest in Cairo. She is a mother who wants to provide the best for her sons and only something as important as going to hear the new Prime Minister speak in person could get her to leave her sons alone.
Diaa, like many women in Egypt is verbally harassed and often groped in the streets- a level of sexual harassment which most countries would have no tolerance for- has been ctirical to the protests in Egypt because they have more time to protests than their husbands who work.
Although women in Egypt are allowed more freedoms than women in most Arab countries there is still inequality, which all women participating in the protests are hoping to change. Mozn Hass director of Nazra For Feminine Studies says, “Revolution is not about 18 days in Tahrir Square and then turning it into a carnival and loving the army,” she said. “We have simply won the first phase.”
Here’s a link to the Nazra for Feminine Studies: http://www.en.nazra.org/index.php
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