Egyptian female students at the Higher Institute of Cinema conducted a survey over the past two weeks on sexual harassment at the institute, revealing that 56.7% of 157 students suffered from sexual harassment. According to the survey, 30.9% were subjected to online harassment, while 63.9% were subjected to verbal harassment and other forms of non-verbal sexual harassment on campus and outside campus. The students set up the Instagram page (@womenofcinemainstitute) to raise awareness and share the 146 responses that were received in less than a week. On July 23, they created a petition to call for an anti-harassment policy at the institute that guarantees their rights. The hashtag “#حق_طالبات_معهد_السينما” (The Rights of Female Students at the Cinema Institute) also began circulating on Twitter for the past few days to call for change. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBFWSihhEd/ According to a statement, the young women are calling for: the implementation of a compulsory code of conduct for students and faculty members, commitment to a clearly defined definition of sexual harassment and gender-based violence, the establishment of safe channels to report incidents, a push by the institute to encourage all individuals to report and demonstrate its…
Egyptian Female Students at Higher Institute of Cinema Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment
July 25, 2020
