Death threats and isolation - the cost of fighting sexual violence in Iraq

Image caption, "Your camera is your weapon," says Sarah Jassim, who says the videos she posts help document evidence of harassmentBySally NabilBBC News Arabic, Reporting fromBaghdadThis story contains details of sexual violence which some readers may find upsetting"Get out of the car!" screams a woman, accusing a driver of exposing himself and making obscene comments as she walked by. She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.The video can be seen, with others like it, on the Instagram page of Iraqi women's rights activist Sarah Jassim. She posts them on behalf of women who complain about sexual abuse and harassment by Iraqi men and boys."Your camera is your weapon," she tells the BBC. "It's a way to document evidence in case a woman decides to sue her harasser, or at least it is a means to shame him."One of the videos she posted led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrator, a policeman accused of harassing schoolgirls, she says.Image source, InstagramImage caption, A video posted by Jassim shows a woman shouting at a man she accuses of exposing himself, then trying to ope...