November 19, 2017
The Egyptians have continued their brilliant form, qualifying for the Semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open squash tournament. After defeating her compatriot Nour El-Tayeb in an all Egyptian […]
November 7, 2017
The right of women to hold judgeships is a constitutional right November, 2017 The second session of the Supreme Administrative Court that’s to be held […]
October 23, 2017
Egyptians have joined the global hashtag #MeToo that exposes the scale of sexual harassment, that both men and women are subject to, to encourage people to […]
October 3, 2017
The committee of the Allard Prize for International Integrity has honored Egyptian women’s rights lawyer and co-founder of the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA), […]
October 1, 2017
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and the feminist global alliance Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) call on the Egyptian government to amend the abortion […]
September 27, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the […]
September 24, 2017
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Maharat Foundation, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, in cooperation with IFEX, chose the prominent Lebanese human […]
September 18, 2017
Egyptian duo Ramy Ashour and Nour El-Sherbini have won the 2017 China Squash Open after beating compatriots Ali Farag and Nouran Gohar respectively. The tournament took place in Shanghai, China from Thursday, August 31 to Sunday, […]
August 16, 2017
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, 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
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
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’ […]