March 13, 2017
The 61 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets this year within the growing exploitation, marginalization and violence against women because of […]
March 11, 2017
I decided to focus on issues related to workingwomen, because I believe they show the extent to which a society believes in the principles of social justice, […]
March 8, 2017
This year, International Women’s Day is concurrent with a dramatic deterioration of discourse of justice and gender equality, and the rise of conservative retrograde discourses that […]
March 7, 2017
By Mada Masr: When I was asked to write a testimony on working in the women’s rights and gender field, I wanted to talk about what […]
February 27, 2017
By UN WOMEN : In preparation for International Women’s Day, UN Women Egypt launches new print campaign titled “Finding Her” under the umbrella of UN Women’s […]
February 22, 2017
Recent calls by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to reduce Egypt’s escalating divorce rate by ending verbal divorce have been met with resistance from Al-Azhar, feeding into […]
February 20, 2017
Nadia Ahmed Abdou was sworn in on Thursday before president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as the new governor of Beheira, the first female to ever hold a governor […]
February 19, 2017
Three men implicated in the May 2015 assault on an elderly Coptic woman in the village of Karm in Minya were indicted on Wednesday when a […]
February 15, 2017
By: UNDP in EGYPT “I dragged her from her hands to put her on the bed. She was trying to escape but her screaming and crying […]
February 13, 2017
“It makes us happy that we hear the men from our communities are listening to the radio and saying ‘no more violence’ and acknowledging that women […]
February 11, 2017
By UNESCO.org : Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO This International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity for all to […]
February 11, 2017
By UN WOMEN : Ahead of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, governments of the Arab States region met to prepare a common position […]