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What is the Punishment for Sexual Harassment in Egypt?

August 18, 2018
Egyptians chant slogans as they march in downtown Cairo to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2013. Credit: Mahmud Khaled/ AFP

Updated June 2019 In recent years, sexual harassment has been a key social issue in Egypt. In the past two years, accounts of women shared on social media have gone viral in Egypt: from 2018’s video of a man harassing a woman in Cairo’s Fifth Settlement to the recent controversy in Egyptian football involving Amr Warda. Egyptian Streets has broken down Egypt’s sexual harassment laws and what punishment they prescribe to different forms of harassment below. Verbal Sexual Harassment (Includes Cyber Harassment) Article 306 of Egypt’s penal code declares that those found guilty of verbal sexual harassment in a private or public place will be sentenced to a minimum of six months in prison and fined no less than EGP 3,000. Article 306 does not limit verbal sexual harassment to the offline world. Verbal sexual harassment is defined as occurring through stalking, using gestures or words or through modern means of communication (i.e. internet, mobile and more) or in any other means through actions that carry sexual or pornographic hints. In Amr Warda’s case, Article 306 would cover his alleged use of Instagram to harass women. Additionally, using the 2018 ‘coffee harassment’ incident…


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