At a public primary school in the Cairo district of Dokki, a group of kids and adults are learning a new song. Pointing to their bodies, they sing, “Do not let anybody touch here or hold you this way / Because it is your own body and no one has the right to touch it.”
The song is part of a campaign launched by the nongovernmental organization Hemayya (Protection) to raise awareness among children about sexual abuse and to encourage them to report it when it happens to them. The campaign, named after the organization, engages kids through games, songs, and drawing and other illustrative techniques.