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  • Sextortion in Syria: Young women support each other

    Nawar Al Mir Ali

    December 26, 2020 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Syria

    To help Syrian women facing the threat of "sextortion" – harassment based on threats to expose women's nude photos – Gardenia magazine's It Is Your Right campaign has encouraged 1,100 women to come forward to sue their harassers. The campaign also provides counseling to the women. Another campaign, No To Electronic Harassment, acts more swiftly, seeking to close Facebook accounts used by harassers. So far it has closed dozens. The harassment often succeeds because of victims' fear, especially in Syrian society, of being found out by their families.

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