July 18, 2015

Employment Policies from a Gender Perspective Women and Employment in the Formal Sector A Policy Paper

Under the slogan “Living, freedom, social justice,human dignity,” a glorious revolution broke in Egypt to achieve equality and inclusion. Women participated as an influential and active actor […]
July 13, 2015

An Islamic Perspective on Women’s Dress

Muslim Women’s League No subject seems to receive more attention as an issue unique to Muslims than that of women’s dress. In some instances, the dress […]
March 29, 2015

Continuous targeting of human rights defenders in Egypt; witnesses become defendants

Cairo March 28th, 2015   Due to the continuous crackdown on human rights defenders, the undersigning human rights organizations and institutions and individualsexpress their astonishment and […]
December 19, 2014

Joint Submission by: Forum of Egyptian Independent Human Rights Organizations

This report presents the collective account of the 19 Egyptian Human Rights organizations members of the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs1 regarding the state […]
December 12, 2014

New Woman Foundation Launches Fact Sheet about violence against women

For 16 days campaign to avoid violence against women. New Woman Foundation launches a fact sheet about the forms of violence against women including facts, background […]
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 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 […]
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 24, 2014

Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations asks Egyptian government to set deadline on the implementation of its pledges; declares One Hundred Days campaign to monitor the seriousness of the government’s commitment

The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations said that the Egyptian government should take immediate and transparent measures to draft a detailed action plan. The […]
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 […]
February 9, 2013

My Testimony to the Events of January 25, 2013

My name is Aida Abdel Rahman Kershah, known as Rawya Abdel Rahman. I was born on the 1st of April 1946. I am a wife, a […]