#segregation of the sexes
The unmistakable red and green stickers on the women's subway cars showing the quintessential stick-figure of a woman with a triangle for a dress give the sensation that one is going into the women's toilet instead of work. The segregation of the sexes in Cairo's subway cars was implemented since the subway´s conception in 1987, and to this day, remains a mirror of society's conception, placement and treatment of women and their fight for respect. A young woman stepped into…
