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Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures

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Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures

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Photographer Gary Calton and reporter Tracy McVeigh travelled with Plan Egypt to cover the story of the women taking to the streets, opposing a new constitution that sweeps away their rights and opens the way for girls of 13 to be married. Their protests bring them into violent confrontation with government supporters

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Gary Calton

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/mar/31/egypt-cairo-women-rights-revolution?fbclid=IwAR1wEWyuDPFbihnFRHCyVS1VKNAJErlpkFSb2bkL081KDFFJI22H9ylVVeE

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The Guardian, 31.3.2013

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?

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The Guardian
Plan Egypt
(https://plan-uk.org/about-because-i-am-a-girl)
The Observer

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english

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Documentary photography

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130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_A 12-year-old girl at a women's group in Manial Sheiha, run by the charity Plan Egypt....jpg

A 12-year-old girl at a women‘s group in Manial Sheiha, run by the charity Plan Egypt. At the moment she faces a grim future of poverty, underage marriage and female circumcision. Women‘s groups in Egypt hoped the 2011 revolution might bring positive changes to women‘s rights but now fear the opposite is true

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_An anti-government protester yells in defiance as teargas pellets are fired into the crowd by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood during clashes at Mokattam in Cairo Photograph.jpg

An anti-government protester yells in defiance as teargas pellets are fired into the crowd by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood during clashes at Mokattam in Cairo

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Anti-government protesters pick their way through a dust storm en route to a demonstration outside the Muslim Brotherhood HQ in a housing district at Mokattam.jpg

Anti-government protesters pick their way through a dust storm en route to a demonstration outside the Muslim Brotherhood HQ in a housing district at Mokattam

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Anti-government protesters run as shots ring out and missiles fly during an ambush on the marchers by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood....jpg

Anti-government protesters run as shots ring out and missiles fly during an ambush on the marchers by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The demonstrators were on their way to join a bigger protest outside the Muslim Brotherhood‘s new HQ in Mokattam

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Anti-government supporters clash with Muslim Brotherhood supporters (in foreground) during a demonstration at the Brotherhood Mokattam HQ.jpg

Anti-government supporters clash with Muslim Brotherhood supporters (in foreground) during a demonstration at the Brotherhood Mokattam HQ

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_As clashes between the two sides begin to break out near Mokattam mosque, anti-government protesters pick up stones to hurl at the opposing crowds.jpg

As clashes between the two sides begin to break out near Mokattam mosque, anti-government protesters pick up stones to hurl at the opposing crowds

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Cairo's Manial Sheiha district.jpg

Cairo‘s Manial Sheiha district

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Daily life in Manial Sheiha.jpg

Daily life in Manial Sheiha

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_For the wealthier women of Cairo marriage comes later but they fear the scrapping of the legal marriage limit will start to affect their lives and rights too....jpg

For the wealthier women of Cairo marriage comes later but they fear the scrapping of the legal marriage limit will start to affect their lives and rights too. A newly married couple wait to have their wedding photographs taken in a studio in Giza

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Ice-cream seller in Manial Sheiha. Few women are allowed out of their houses without their husband's permission and behind many doors are dozens of tragic tales of ....jpg

Ice-cream seller in Manial Sheiha. Few women are allowed out of their houses without their husband‘s permission and behind many doors are dozens of tragic tales of young women whose lives have been destroyed by the effects of early marriage.

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Inside the Ezbet Khairallah district. Young women are scared that their rights will be stripped away by conservative forces in post-revolution Egypt.jpg

Inside the Ezbet Khairallah district. Young women are scared that their rights will be stripped away by conservative forces in post-revolution Egypt

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Karema, 19, who was forced to undergo female genital circumcision aged 13....jpg

Karema, 19, who was forced to undergo female genital circumcision aged 13. Her mother bribed a doctor to perform the procedure without anaesthetic. Although both FGM and underage marriage are presently illegal, they are widespread across the country. An estimated three quarters of females aged from 12 upwards have been subjected to FGM. The present government has indicated FGM is a „family matter“ and proposes to reduce the legal age of marriage from 18 to 13

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Rasmia Ahmed Emam was 17 when she was married to a 50-year-old stranger. Not an uncommon fate for an Egyptian woman but Rasmia's family had been conned....jpg

Rasmia Ahmed Emam was 17 when she was married to a 50-year-old stranger. Not an uncommon fate for an Egyptian woman but Rasmia‘s family had been conned. She had been married to a Saudi sex tourist who left her and the country after two weeks. „My life is over. Everyone thinks I am a prostitute and my only option in life is to become one. But I will not do that.“

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Wedding dresses in a store in Giza are only for wealthier families who can afford to allow their daughters to marry a little later although there is still enormous pressure on girls ....jpg

Wedding dresses in a store in Giza are only for wealthier families who can afford to allow their daughters to marry a little later although there is still enormous pressure on girls to marry young and to think of a life inside the home rather than outside of it

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Women show their strength of feeling against the government of President Morsi outside the offices of the ministry for women's affairs which was torched during the 2011 revolution.jpg

Women show their strength of feeling against the government of President Morsi outside the offices of the ministry for women‘s affairs which was torched during the 2011 revolution

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Young anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square prepare to move off to a larger demo several miles away on the hills at Mokattam.jpg

Young anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square prepare to move off to a larger demo several miles away on the hills at Mokattam

Gary Calton

130331_TG_Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures_Young girls in the poor district of Manial Sheiha.jpg

Young girls in the poor district of Manial Sheiha

Gary Calton

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