August 16, 2017

Discrimination and violence against women consecrated by the Egyptian legislation

Prepared by Lawyers Niyazi Mustafa and Maha Youssef 2 Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 Women in the Constitution …………………………………………………………………………………………..6 International conventions ratified by Egypt related to women’s rights……………………………….7 The […]
August 13, 2017

International Youth Day 2017 commemorated by UN Youth Envoy in Iraq

International Youth Day, commemorated around the world under the 2017 theme “Youth Building Peace” was celebrated today with a special event in Baghdad, Iraq, hosted by […]
August 12, 2017

Tunisia: Landmark Step to Shield Women from Violence

New Law Offers Protection, but Needs Funding (Tunis) – The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26, 2017, is […]
August 12, 2017

ERF announce the publication of new Working Papers:

How Gender Biased Are Female-Headed Household Transfers in Egypt? Lobna AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan and Sarah Elbakry  In this paper, we claim that the policy of targeting female-headed households’ […]
August 8, 2017

New Tunisian law takes long stride toward gender equality

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s parliament has approved comprehensive new legislation targeting violence against women. The new law, passed July 26, represents a major change from the existing law. […]
August 6, 2017

Urgent Alert: Jordan close to ending legal exemptions for rapists

2 AUG 2017 UPDATE: SUCCESS! Following the Lower House of Parliament’s historic 1 August vote for the full repeal of Article 308 from Jordan’s Penal Code, today the Senate approved […]
July 22, 2017

Bahrain: Women human rights defenders who are tortured in Bahrain will not receive justice

Women human rights defenders in Bahrain who have been tortured in Bahrain have been subjected to further persecution to stop them from working. In two separate […]
July 15, 2017

Saudi Arabia: State Schools to Allow Girls’ Sports

Key Reforms to Male Guardianship System Still Needed (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s reversal of its longstanding ban on sports for women and girls in public schools is […]
July 11, 2017

Meet the Saudi Woman Who Ignited a Firestorm When She Got Behind the Wheel

This story by Joyce Hackel originally appeared on PRI.org on June 14, 2017. It is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. When Manal al-Sharif posted a […]
June 10, 2017

Saudi Arabia: Free Women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

On 04 June 2017 at about 3pm local time, Saudi security forces at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam arrested and detained women’s driving activist Loujain […]
June 10, 2017

87% of Egyptian men believe women’s basic role is to be housewives: study

Only one in four men in the Arab world and the Middle East believes in gender equality and equal opportunities for men and women, according the […]
May 31, 2017

WAN-IFRA Announces 2017 Laureates of the Women in News Editorial Leadership Award

The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an Editor to her newsroom – and under her leadership the contribution of her […]