About a month after Egypt’s protests, hundreds of Egyptian women returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square to rally for equal rights and an end to rampant sexual harassment. They were attacked by men shouting at them to go home where they belong, and at least 18 women were arrested. Host Liane Hansen speaks to Mona Makram-Ebeid, a professor of political science at the American University of Cairo and a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, about the political role of women in post-Mubarak Egypt.
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About a month after Egypt’s protests, hundreds of Egyptian women returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square to rally for equal rights and an end to rampant sexual harassment. They were attacked by men shouting at them to go home where they belong, and at least 18 women were arrested. Host Liane Hansen speaks to Mona Makram-Ebeid, a professor of political science at the American University of Cairo and a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, about the political role of women in post-Mubarak Egypt.
For more information, please visit: WomenNewsNetwork