TY - JOUR
T1 - Fighting sexual violence in Egypt on social media
T2 - A visual essay on assault police
AU - Marzouk, Amr
AU - Vanderveen, Gabry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021/10/22
Y1 - 2021/10/22
N2 - In this essay, we explore how Instagram-based account ‘Assault Police’ uses the tools of social media to name and shame (alleged) perpetrators and to give testimonies of sexually intimidating, violent experiences. We propose the concept of 'framing' to study the development of the account and the campaign, which allowed to create a very local, Egyptian #MeToo movement. By analysing photos posted by the account between July 2020 and January 2021, our findings indicate the ability of Assault Police to adapt to different challenges. Moreover, the account which started as a single-issue movement soon developed into an initiative which focuses on structural roots of violence against women.
AB - In this essay, we explore how Instagram-based account ‘Assault Police’ uses the tools of social media to name and shame (alleged) perpetrators and to give testimonies of sexually intimidating, violent experiences. We propose the concept of 'framing' to study the development of the account and the campaign, which allowed to create a very local, Egyptian #MeToo movement. By analysing photos posted by the account between July 2020 and January 2021, our findings indicate the ability of Assault Police to adapt to different challenges. Moreover, the account which started as a single-issue movement soon developed into an initiative which focuses on structural roots of violence against women.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118138603&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17441692.2021.1991972
DO - 10.1080/17441692.2021.1991972
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118138603
JO - Global Public Health
JF - Global Public Health
SN - 1744-1692
ER -
