October 30, 2014

In a Report for the UN Universal Periodic Review

19 Rights Organizations Declare: A Dramatic Deterioration in the Status of Human Rights in Egypt over the Past Four Years In preparation for Egypt’s Universal Periodic […]
October 27, 2014

New Woman Foundation congratulates Faraj Allah company’s workers union success on providing nursery

After the launching of “obliging the governmental and private business owners to provide nurseries” campaign we reap the first fruits of the campaign. The ​​head of […]
October 20, 2014

News World news Nobel peace prize Malala Yousafzai: ‘Nobel award is for all the voiceless children

At 17, campaigner Malala, the schoolgirl the Taliban could not silence, becomes youngest Nobel peace prize recipient Malala Yousafzai once wrote: “We realise the importance of […]
October 3, 2014

“I bought a mattress and health insurance” – rural Rwandan farmer

UN Women Kigali, Rwanda – On a sunny Tuesday in the Nyaruguru district of Rwanda’s South Province, 75 women and men gather in their best clothes […]
September 21, 2014

Bahrain: GCHR Co-Director Maryam Al-Khawaja released, but still faces charges and remains under travel ban

On 18 September 2014, human rights defender Maryam Al-Khawaja, co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), was released from prison. Reports received by the […]
September 21, 2014

Bahrain: Women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer arrested for tweets

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express concern over the arrest of women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer […]
September 3, 2014

Games and children, a new direction to ending sexual violence

UN Women In Cairo, a pilot project uses games and music to teach children to say no to violence. This initiative is part of the city’s […]
August 31, 2014

Moroccan Najat Belkacem first woman assigned to the Ministry of Education in France

The Moroccan Najat Belkacem first woman assigned to the Ministry of Education in France, and after that her appointment was announced last Tuesday Teams within the […]
August 24, 2014

New Woman Foundation discuss the women rights in work between the law and the constitution.

New Woman organized a workshop under the name of “women’s rights in the work between the law and the Constitution” in the Carlton Hotel, downtown, which […]
April 15, 2014

With the Launch of Discussions on the State BudgetLOGO-NWRC2 The undersigned organizations call on the interim government to immediately publish the proposed bill for the state’s general budget for fiscal year 2014/2015, following the finance ministry’s failure to fulfill its legal obligations, after April 1st of this year had gone by without publishing the draft.

With the Launch of Discussions on the State Budget The undersigned organizations call on the interim government to immediately publish the proposed bill for the state’s […]
March 21, 2014

Keeping women out

Sexual violence against women in the public sphere As the world focuses on political developments, violence against women continues unabated. Attacks against women protesters in Tahrir […]
March 18, 2014

Four years after Egypt’s first UPR: The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs Submits Its Report on Human Rights in Egypt to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review

The United Nations to protect human rights in its member states. In the context of the UPR, the human rights practices of each member state of […]