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http://nazra.org/en https://www.facebook.com/Nazra.for.Feminist.Studies?fref=ts @ NazraEgypt. Online platform that started before the revolution – 25 Jan 2011.
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http://nazra.org/en https://www.facebook.com/Nazra.for.Feminist.Studies?fref=ts @NazraEgypt
Online platform that started before the revolution – 25 Jan 2011 • Kolena Laila (We are all Laila) – 2006: an initiative to devote a day, annually, to speak up about the problems facing oppressed women in the Arab region. http://kolenalaila.com/en/about • HarassMap – 2010: an initiative for women to report incidences of sexual harassment via SMS messaging. http://harassmap.org/main?l=en_US http://blog.harassmap.org/about/
Online initiatives after the revolution • The uprising of women in the Arab world – October 2011 https://www.facebook.com/intifadat.almar2a • Girls revolution – January 2012 https://www.facebook.com/Revolution4Girls • Twitter playing a role in reporting sexual assault during the last protests, and how it reflected in 2 groups working offline to combat this violation: @TahrirBodyguard - @OpAntiSH
Challenges for women online • Censorship of online content on taboo issues related to women (due to for ex. FB policies, big amount of reporting). • Smear campaigns that targets women using sexual insults • Absence of knowledge about threats online, and the know-how for privacy and security online – and sometimes carelessness