{"id":4199,"date":"2021-02-10T07:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T07:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2021-02-10T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T07:44:16","slug":"women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media campaign sparked by a popular fashion blogger. Dozens of testimonies about being stalked, harassed or assaulted have emerged online, focused on the Instagram account \u201cLan Asket\u201d, Arabic for \u201cI will not be silent\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CK1HvnLsi6_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CK1HvnLsi6_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \u0644\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0643\u062a (@lan.asket)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nKuwaiti fashion blogger Ascia Al Faraj, who has more than 2.5 million social media followers, said in an explosive video uploaded last week that there is a \u201cproblem\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I go out, there is someone who harasses me or harasses another woman in the street,\u201d she said in the emotionally charged video uploaded after a vehicle sped up to \u201cscare\u201d her while she was walking to her car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4201\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-#MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have no shame? We have a problem of harassment in this country, and I have had enough.\u201d Faraj&#8217;s video sparked a nationwide movement in a country where the #MeToo campaign that took off in the United States in 2017 did not make much of an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Radio and TV shows have hosted activists, lawyers and academics to discuss the issue of harassment, and the US embassy in Kuwait also threw its weight behind the women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA campaign worth supporting. We can all do more to prevent harassment against women, whether in the US or in Kuwait. #Lan_asket,\u201d it said in a tweet last week.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy also tweeted a striking graphic that illustrates the campaign \u2014 images of three women, one unveiled, one with a headscarf, and another with her face covered \u2014 and bearing the slogan \u201cDon&#8217;t harass her\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKrrFSSMqYJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKrrFSSMqYJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \u0644\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0643\u062a (@lan.asket)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nActivists have also emphasised that foreign women who make up a large portion of the Kuwaiti population, many in menial roles, are among the most vulnerable to assault and abuse.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"6023719d2fd4d\">&#8216;Silence not an option&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p>Shayma Shamo, a 27-year-old doctor who studied abroad and moved back to Kuwait last year, launched the \u201cLan Asket\u201d platform after seeing Faraj&#8217;s video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as I opened the account, the messages started to pour in&#8230; from women and girls that have experienced verbal, physical and sexual harassment,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Faraj said in another video uploaded later that week that she had also received \u201cintense stories\u201d by Indian, Pakistani and Filipina women working in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expat community here is incredibly vulnerable and are sometimes harassed at a level that Kuwaiti women will never understand,\u201d she said. While there has been tremendous support online, the movement has also faced a backlash from conservative voices who say women should simply dress conservatively to avoid harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSilence is no longer an option. We must speak up, unite and defend each other because what is happening is unacceptable,\u201d Shamo told AFP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CK4JL61s_xw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CK4JL61s_xw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \u0644\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0643\u062a (@lan.asket)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nRothna Begum, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, said women were taking the fore in a society where, like many in the Middle East, police often do not take such abuses seriously, and the fear of bringing shame to families silences many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese accounts being published are incredibly important to give Kuwaitis a sense of what harassment actually looks like and the terrible harm it causes,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"6023719d2fd6f\">&#8216;Shame&#8217; culture<\/h1>\n<p>The Arabic word \u201cayb\u201d, or shame in English, is a term that most girls growing up in the region learn at a very early age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing to the police station is &#8216;ayb&#8217; and talking about harassment is &#8216;ayb&#8217;,\u201d said Shamo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as a woman starts to speak about being harassed, the questions from family members start: What were you wearing? Who were you with? What time was it?\u201d But Kuwaiti women are pushing the boundaries of their society, considered one of the most open in the Gulf region, and where a law against harassment exists on the books, but where discussions about gender-based violence remain taboo.<\/p>\n<p>Lulu Al-Aslawi, a Kuwait media personality whose Instagram feed features her in glossy fashion shoots, said she has been bullied online for the way she dresses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGirls don&#8217;t speak up over fears of being stigmatised, but we will not stop until we overcome this cancer in society,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rapid News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T07:41:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T07:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/\",\"name\":\"Rapid News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg\",\"width\":998,\"height\":562,\"caption\":\"Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-#MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/\",\"name\":\"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-10T07:41:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T07:44:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/950b57c7996a13e09938c5e45be30a5c\"},\"description\":\"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/950b57c7996a13e09938c5e45be30a5c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b833642ff3b2364918fd2b384cafa111bc9b39a668c6435fe2488d01d4ce563e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b833642ff3b2364918fd2b384cafa111bc9b39a668c6435fe2488d01d4ce563e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News","description":"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News","og_description":"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media","og_url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/","og_site_name":"Rapid News","article_published_time":"2021-02-10T07:41:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-10T07:44:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":998,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/","name":"Rapid News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg","width":998,"height":562,"caption":"Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-#MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/","name":"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement | Rapid News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2021-02-10T07:41:40+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-10T07:44:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/950b57c7996a13e09938c5e45be30a5c"},"description":"Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of \u201cshame\u201d to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/10\/women-in-kuwait-launch-their-own-metoo-movement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Women in Kuwait launch their own #MeToo movement"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/950b57c7996a13e09938c5e45be30a5c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b833642ff3b2364918fd2b384cafa111bc9b39a668c6435fe2488d01d4ce563e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b833642ff3b2364918fd2b384cafa111bc9b39a668c6435fe2488d01d4ce563e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng"],"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg","featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",998,562,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-300x169.jpeg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news-768x432.jpeg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",998,562,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",998,562,false],"cream-magazine-thumbnail-2":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",800,450,false],"cream-magazine-thumbnail-3":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",720,405,false],"cream-magazine-thumbnail-4":["https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Women-in-Kuwait-launch-their-own-MeToo-movement-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpeg",450,253,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/category\/world\/\" rel=\"category tag\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10662,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/05\/12\/japan-bans-flight-from-152-countries-including-pakistan-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":0},"title":"Japan bans flight from 152 countries including Pakistan, India","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"TOKYO: Japan announced on Wednesday to ban flights from 152 countries, including Pakistan and India, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said. The ban will come into place from tomorrow. The ministry said the decision had been taken in light of the rapid spread of COVID-19\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;World&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Japan-bans-flight-from-152-countries-including-Pakistan-India-rapidnews","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Japan-bans-flight-from-152-countries-including-Pakistan-India-rapidnews.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":819,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/05\/gcc-leaders-meet-in-saudi-arabia-amid-gulf-crisis-thaw\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":1},"title":"Qatar\u2019s Sheikh Tamim warmly embraced by MBS on arrival","date":"January 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Gulf leaders are meeting in Saudi Arabia for their annual summit on Tuesday amid a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between a Saudi-led bloc and Qatar. Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the reopening of land borders with Qatar after a three and a half-year spat that saw the kingdom, Egypt,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;World&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"gcc-leaders-meet-in-saudi-arabia-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-crisis-summit","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/gcc-leaders-meet-in-saudi-arabia-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-crisis-summit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20159,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2024\/09\/25\/imf-board-to-meet-today-to-approve-7bn-loan-for-pakistan\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":2},"title":"IMF board to meet today to approve $7bn loan for Pakistan","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will convene today in Washington to approve a critical $7 billion loan package for Pakistan, aiming to stabilize the country's fragile economy. This new bailout program, spanning 37 months, marks Pakistan's 24th IMF assistance package. With its approval, Pakistan will also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;latest&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"IMF board to meet today to approve $7bn loan for Pakistan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMF-board-to-meet-today-to-approve-7bn-loan-for-Pakistan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18148,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/06\/apocalyptic-dust-storm-anticipated-to-hit-europe-next-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":3},"title":"Apocalyptic dust storm anticipated to hit Europe next week.","date":"June 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Medics in Syria believe the dust cloud that has engulfed parts of the Middle East could be lethal, as they have treated patients who are struggling to breathe after inhaling the sand-tainted air. A choking dust cloud has turned the skies of the Middle East apocalyptic red, and some experts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;World&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21949,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/02\/psx-surges-on-strong-investor-sentiment-improved-pak-us-ties\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":4},"title":"PSX surges on strong investor sentiment, improved Pak-US ties","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The equity market pushed to fresh record highs on Thursday, lifted by mutual fund liquidity and upbeat economic sentiment following improved US ties, with analysts pointing to equities\u2019 growing appeal as an asset class amid limited alternatives. The Pakistan Stock Exchange\u2019s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index touched an intraday high of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Business&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":806,"url":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/05\/saudi-arabia-to-open-airspace-land-and-sea-border-with-qatar\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":5},"title":"Saudi Arabia \u2018to open airspace, land and sea border\u2019 with Qatar","date":"January 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwait\u2019s foreign minister said, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar. \u201cBased on [Kuwait\u2019s ruler Emir] Sheikh Nawaf\u2019s proposal, it was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;World&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"qatar-saudi-dispute-re-open-border-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-land-sea","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/qatar-saudi-dispute-re-open-border-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-land-sea.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4203,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions\/4203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}