May 19, 2018

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

18 May 2018 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Subject: (2) Sudan Discrimination and violence, including sexual violence, against […]
April 17, 2018

Research: Economic Value of Women’s Work

This research paper focuses on women’s work in the Egyptian society and tries to answer the following questions: How big is the women’s economic role? To […]
March 21, 2018

“Nazra Having to Bid Their Office Farewell”

Cairo, 20/3/2018 The fact that Nazra for Feminist Studies had to close their office should not be divorced from the context of pressure exerted on civil […]
March 19, 2018

When hatred turns beauty into ugliness… and happiness into sadness

Statement of Egyptian organizations, parties and individuals regarding the assault against the Egyptian female citizen “Mariam Abd El Salam”.   The undersigned Egyptian organizations, parties and […]
March 18, 2018

Gender wage gap in the public and the private sectors

NWF’s video on gender wage gap in the public and the private sectors, the public business sector, and private enterprises
March 10, 2018

Egyptian Nevine Darwish Becomes First Arab Female to Pilot World’s Biggest A380

Pilot Nevine Darwish Celebrating Women’s International Day, Dubai-based carrier “Emirates Airlines” decided that Egyptian Pilot Nevine Darwish will be the first Arab Egyptian female to command […]
March 7, 2018

Women’s Day Story

International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8; however, the story of Women’s Day dates back to February 28, 1909 when the United States observed its […]
February 17, 2018

Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights defenders arrested for promoting human rights online

Woman human rights defender Noha Al-Balawi, who is active online in supporting civil and political rights for women, was arrested two weeks ago in the last week of […]
February 10, 2018

Reviving Task force against FGM, Why?

In 2019, we celebrate 25 years of civil society struggle against FGM, 25 years since the launching of the Task force against FGM in the wake […]
February 5, 2018

“Males Only” Flagrant Violation of Women’s Right to Work

New woman foundation Statement On 1/2/2018, Banque Misr Foundation for Community Development has published an announcement for a job vacancy of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Official […]
February 1, 2018

Scientist Sworn in as Mauritius’ First Woman President

PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS:  Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius today, becoming the first women to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean […]
December 13, 2017

16 days of activism ending

Our Last Video: The 16 Days of Activism Against Violence campaign focuses this year on Gender-Based violence in educational institutions, the legal and institutional change, as […]