{"id":5966,"date":"2015-06-23T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T09:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/11\/30\/impressive-volunteers-erect-watchtowers-to-look-out-for-sexual-assaults-in-tahrir-square\/"},"modified":"2015-06-23T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T09:46:33","slug":"impressive-volunteers-erect-watchtowers-to-look-out-for-sexual-assaults-in-tahrirsquare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/5966","title":{"rendered":"Impressive: Volunteers erect watchtowers to look out for sexual assaults in Tahrir Square"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/LissaEtz\/status\/274546980108251137\n

As Twitchy has reported, women protesting Mohamed Morsi<\/a> and the Muslim Brotherhood<\/a> face threats of sexual assault<\/a> and rape<\/a>. The police forces can’t be counted on to protect the women, so citizens have taken it upon themselves to combat sexual violence. In addition to using social media to offer support<\/a>, volunteers are now constructing watchtowers in Tahrir Square to keep an eye out for potential assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n

Sexual harassment watchtower in Tahrir. twitter.com\/Sarahcarr\/stat…<\/a><\/p>\n

—أبو كار (@Sarahcarr) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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seen in #tahrir<\/a>: back to back against sexual harrassment, night watchmen #stopSH<\/a> @tahrirbodyguard<\/a> instagr.am\/p\/SqxTabm_YP\/<\/a><\/p>\n

— shadi rahimi (@shadirahimi) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tahrir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

#Tahrir<\/a> security watch tower- checking out for thuggery and sexual harassment #Egypt<\/a> yfrog.com\/gzkgnmnxj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tahrir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Watchtower that was #Tahrir<\/a> to monitor for clashes & sexual harassmen. twitter.com\/kabretaa\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n

— kabretism كبريتـزم (@kabretaa) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tahrir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Sexual Harassment patrol at #Tahir<\/a> RT @vdesc<\/a>: Patrouilleurs anti harcèlement sexuel #tahrir<\/a> yfrog.com\/moq8bmhj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nada Iskandar (@nadaskandar) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tahrir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Anti sexual harrassment bragade in #Tahrir<\/a> … RT @amiralx<\/a>: Lookout posts #endSH<\/a> twitter.com\/Amiralx\/status…<\/a>#Egypt<\/a><\/p>\n

— Egyptocracy (@Egyptocracy) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tahrir<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitterers are quite impressed, and rightly so:<\/p>\n\n\n

Freaking brilliant really. RT @sarahcarr<\/a>: Sexual harassment watchtower in Tahrir. twitter.com\/Sarahcarr\/stat…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dina Hussein دينا (@Dina_M_Hussein) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Absolutely amazing “@beltrew<\/a>: #Tahrir<\/a> security watch tower- checking out for thuggery and sexual harassment #Egypt<\/a> yfrog.com\/gzkgnmnxj<\/a>“<\/p>\n

— Micha ميشا (@michabalon) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Love Egyptian ingenuity RT @beltrew<\/a>: #Tahrir<\/a> security watch tower- checking out for thuggery & sexual harassment #Egypt<\/a> yfrog.com\/gzkgnmnxj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Samah Hadid (@samahhadid) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Brilliant. Shud use walkie talkie with ground guards “@sarahcarr<\/a>: Sexual harassment watchtower in Tahrir. twitter.com\/Sarahcarr\/stat…<\/a>”<\/p>\n

— Nora Younis (@NoraYounis) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Great #Tahrir<\/a> initiative in .@beltrew<\/a> pic: security watch tower- checking out for thuggery & sexual harassment #Egypt<\/a> ow.ly\/1PT13k<\/a><\/p>\n

— Julie Tomlin (@JulieTomlin) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Super impressed by these looking posts volunteers set up in Tahrir to keep a lookout for sexual harassment, theft etc. The spirit I miss.<\/p>\n

— سَلْمَى Salma(@Salmanellaa) November 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awesome. Egyptian citizens’ efforts to fight back against sexual assault are certainly commendable. Let’s hope these towers indeed help to keep them safe.<\/p>

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/LissaEtz\/status\/274546980108251137 As Twitchy has reported, women protesting Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood face threats of sexual assault and rape. The police forces can’t be counted on to protect the women, so citizens have taken it upon themselves to combat sexual violence. In addition to using social media to offer support, volunteers are now constructing … Continue reading Impressive: Volunteers erect watchtowers to look out for sexual assaults in Tahrir Square<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1435031196803-A89a2NfCEAEULVB.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}