July 18, 2008	Friday	Rajab 14, 1429

CAIRO, July 17: Almost half of Egyptian women are harassed on a daily basis with more than half of Egyptian men admitting lewd behaviour, the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights said on Thursday.

The group polled 2,020 people — including men and foreign women — in Cairo, and the centre’s director, Nihad Abul Qomsan, said the figures showed harassment was on the rise.

Of those surveyed, 83 per cent of Egyptian women and 98 per cent of foreign women said they had been harassed at some point, while 46 per cent of Egyptian women and 52 per cent of foreign women said they were harassed daily.—AFP