Women s Rights And Equality - 1132 Words

Although women’s rights and equality is progressing in the United States, there are progressing countries trying to achieve their overall gender index rank, which measures the human development of a country. From 2006 to 2014, Egypt s inequality gender gap index rank has increased significantly from 109 to 129 out of 173 countries of the world (Bekhouche, Hausmann, Tyson, Zahidi). During Ancient Egypt, women and men had the same rights to resources such as personal health, work, and education. But today, Egyptian women are suffering from sexual assault and sexual harassment everyday. Sexual assault is a form of a sexual act that the victim does not want and it is forced upon them. Rape, forced vaginal penetration, groping (unwelcome†¦show more content†¦As defined by the World Health Organization, female genital mutilation is a process that alters and causes pain to the female genital organs, usually for non medical reasons. Although this practice is banned and illegal in most countries, this is still happening behind doors in Egypt for traditional reasons. The problem with modern Egypt is that women’s rights have been deteriorated over the decade. Today, sexual harassment has become a â€Å"social norm† in Egypt. It does not matter if the victim is young, old, married, not married, or dressed appropriately because they will become a victim of sexual harassment. Since sexual harassment and assault is being silenced and overlooked around Egypt, it is slowly becoming socially acceptable to do this act. Because of FGM, women cannot control or have a say of what they can do with their own body. It also causes long term effects that will harm their health in the genital area. In order for women and girls to feel safe in Egypt, sexual assault needs to be recognized and laws against it should be appropriately enforced by free resources and help, and fix the streets of Egypt by adding a police force. Also, FGM should not be overlooked because even though there is a law against it in Egypt, it is still happening behind closed doors and creating an unhealthy procedures for girls and women. One of the best solutions to stop sexual harassment and assault is to have resources and help regarding those two