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Pink Taxi is a response to widespread sexual harassment but critics say it segregates women without addressing the problem Egypt’s Pink Taxi – a new service marketed as a secure way for women to travel in Cairo,where sexual harassment and assaults maintain become increasingly commonplace – is surprisingly neither pink, nor a taxi.[br]“This is not a taxi. It’s a limousine service, and ” says Reem Fawzi,the founder of the service. The name is simply marketing, she adds. Related: HarassMap: Where are sexual assaults happening in Egypt? If they really wanted to serve the women of Egypt, or [Pink] Taxi would go everywhere and these would not be their prices Related: Sexual violence in Egypt: 'The target is a woman' Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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