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FEATURE
Movement: April 6 Youth Movement (Egypt) Movement: Me too Movement (Global)
The April 6 Youth Movement was one of the lead Tarana began using the phrase “Me Too” in
organisers for the 2011 protests that led to the 2006 to raise awareness of women who had
Egyptian Revolution and the Arab Spring. The been abused. Eleven years later, it found global
Egyptian activist group established in Spring recognition after a viral tweet by actress Alyssa
2008 supports workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, an Milano. Milano was one of the women who accused
industrial town, who were planning to strike on 6 Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual
April. assault.
The group leveraged their social networks, The #MeToo Movement is a social movement
distributed thousands of leaflets and made posts against sexual abuse and sexual harassment where
on Facebook and other social media outlets people publicise allegations of sex crimes.
encouraging citizens to join the demonstrations Leader: Tarana Burke
against Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
Leader: Asamaa Mahfouz
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