Calling for change

http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2013/07/sexual-violence-egypt

                The article reported that Egyptian women have been constantly raped by men. Egyptian women stated that Egypt is not a secured country where the government would make efforts to prevent rape cases from happening. However, Egyptian women began a movement in order to acquire more protections as in means of prevention of rape incidents. The organization named Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault Initiative, a.k.a OpAntiSH, began officially submitting sexually abused case.

                However, despite the attempts OpAntiSH make to claim more protections for women, the situation has not been changed yet. The government has never been fully engrossed deeply in searching for the enhancements.  Such reports encouraged me to pose a question: is the government concerned with rape cases happening wherever and whenever? The answer I came up with was: no.

 The unaffected response of government was shown in the following quote: “Mr Morsi’s regime have done little to protect women from abuse” irated me. Although women might appear as less powerful gender due to the prejudice that was inherited from the ancestors, women deserved to be protected equally. Women were also citizens that deserve equal rights and protections.  

Establishment of new laws could not be an immediate solution, for it takes a copious amount of time to build laws and such. However, the government should gradually construct the laws that prohibit men from raping women. Additionally, people who violate such laws should receive punishments for invading other’s rights. Women should, instead of hiding, speak out by joining organizations such as OpAntiSH that are purposed to claim more protection over women.