Engy Ghozlan facts for kids

Engy Ayman Ghozlan (Arabic: إنجي أيمن غزلان ; born 1985) is a social activist and journalist who highlights problems of ... of women in the streets of Egypt. Starting in 2005, she was a project manager at the NGO known as the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) and actively pursued efforts to make Egypt safe for women. She is known as the "voice and face" of efforts to eradicate ... of women in Egypt.

..... After the initial launch of HarassMap through ECWR, Ghozlan and her co-founder, Rebecca Chiao, left ECWR to run HarassMap independently.

Biography

Engy Ghozlan was born in Cairo in 1985. She attended Cairo University, earning a bachelor's degree in mass communication in 2007. .....

In 2005 the ECWR piloted a study to collect data on the scope of the issue. ..... The survey also showed that some women blamed themselves for such harassment. ..... A follow-up survey of men showed that two-thirds of respondents "admitted to routinely harassing women". ECWR has pursued the passage of anti-harassment laws, but HarassMap was of the opinion that existing laws were not implemented properly.

During 2008 Ghozlan engaged in a widespread media campaign called "Making Egypt's Streets Safe for All". .....

The "Day of Revolt", 25 January 2011, at Tahrir Square

Ghozlan took an active part in Cairo's Tahrir Square Revolution in 2011. This social media (Facebook) inspired event drew participants from all over Egypt, and a large number of women also participated in the demonstrations to overthrow Hosni Mubarak, then-president of Egypt. Ghozland reported no interaction between the men and the women in the days leading up to Mubarak stepping down from power, as everyone slept in tents in the square. ..... Because of these incidents, Ghozlan feels that the social problems of Egypt have not changed as a result of the revolution. ..... It was really chaotic ... In the revolution we were all united and we all wanted the system to go, but our social behaviour hasn't changed". According to Ghozlan, there were 19 mob attacks on women at Tahrir Square on 25 January 2011. .....

Ghozlan also works for the German International Cooperation on its Promotion of Women's Rights project, in association with 11 NGOS of the Network for Women's Rights Organizations on subjects of legal reforms and harassment of women. She continues to work for HarassMap on its community outreach program. She is represented in several "Egyptian young feminists coalitions".

See also

In Spanish: Engy Ghozlan para niños