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Egyptian women are struggling to fight [redacted] harassment in the street and gender-based discrimination at home<\/strong>, ABC Australia\u2019s Walt Curnow writes<\/a>. At the core of the issue is the pressure to conform to societal norms, particularly with parents enforcing these unwritten rules, gender equality academic Shereen El Feki says. On the flipside, women\u2019s rights activist Dalia Abdel Hameed tells Al Bawaba<\/a> that feminism in Egypt is \u201cbooming\u201d and that attempts to preserve the status quo \u2014 including a campaign that calls on Egyptian men to \u201cman up\u201d by controlling what women wear \u2014 are \u201ca reaction from men who don\u2019t want to give up their privileges\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian women are struggling to fight [redacted] harassment in the street and gender-based discrimination at home, ABC Australia\u2019s Walt Curnow writes. At the core of the issue is the pressure to conform to societal norms, particularly with parents enforcing these unwritten rules, gender equality academic Shereen El Feki says. 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