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 […]
March 22, 2015

New Women Foundation Issued A report on Political Participation of Women in Power and Decision-making Positions.

In the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), affiliated to the United Nations (UN), after 20 years have passed on the […]
March 18, 2015

“Voices of Freedom .. New Woman Foundation’s slogan for the ceremony of the Egyptian Woman’s day 16 March

  The New Woman Foundation Celebrated on 16 March the Egyptian Women’s Day with a large presence in a ceremony organized by the Foundation under the […]
February 15, 2015

UN Women: Community groups interact with Executive Director during her first visit to Egypt

“I am precious, I am loved, my body is mine only, my body protects me” sang a group of young girls and boys trained by the […]
December 17, 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 […]
November 1, 2014

Google celebrates Lotfia El-Nadi, Egypt’s first female aviator

Google Egypt is celebrating the birthday of Lotfia El-Nadi, the first Egyptian and African female aviator. An image of the pilot wearing an aviator helmet appears […]
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 […]