@report {468336,
	title = {Violence against Women in the context of Political Transformations and Economic Crisis in the Euro-Mediterranean Region: Trends and Recommendations towards Equality and Justice},
	year = {2014},
	institution = {EuroMed Rights - Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network},
	abstract = {http://euromedrights.org/publication/violence-against-women-in-the-context-of-political-transformations-and-economic-crisis-in-the-euro-mediterranean-region/
On the occasion of International Women{\textquoteright}s Day (8th of March), the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) published today its regional report {\textquotedblleft}Violence against women in the context of political transformations and economic crisis in the Euro-Mediterranean region; trends and recommendations towards equality and justice{\textquotedblright}.
This report alerts that violence against women has dramatically increased in the Euro-Mediterranean region during the recent years,\&nbsp; showcasing key patterns of violence against women, through case studies from Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Libya, France, Cyprus and Spain.
The report also underlines the alarming increase and severity of sexual violence in countries such as Libya, Syria and Egypt mounting to sexual terrorism.\&nbsp; In Egypt, women protestors were subjected to systematic and seemingly planned harassment and gang rapes in Tahrir Square. In Syria, women and are subjected to trafficking and sexual exploitation girls in refugee camps.},
	url = {http://euromedrights.org/publication/violence-against-women-in-the-context-of-political-transformations-and-economic-crisis-in-the-euro-mediterranean-region/},
	author = {Monia Ben Jemia and La{\"e}titia Sedou and Marsha Scott and Magali Thill and Susana Pavlou and Fran{\c c}oise Bri{\'e} and Lina Alqurah}
}
