Latest in Tag: equality Highlight
Latest in Tag: equality
Breaking barriers: towards equality between women and men in politics
“We hope women will represent 30% of parliament seats,” says NCW head
Equality for women can reduce world hunger
Giving women the same tools and resources as men, such as financial support, education, and access to markets, could reduce the number of hungry people worldwide by up to 150 million. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other humanitarian agencies estimate that 925 million people across the world are undernourished. Of this number, …
Women empowerment occurs when gender issues are placed within context of development: UN Women
This is the state we need to get to if we are to be serious about gender equality, says Miwa Kato
Justice minister resigns, new appointment expected
Experts question whether minister’s replacement will really help the reality of social equality and justice in Egypt
A parking lady or a hero?
Om Heba follows in her husbandâs path and believes in equality between women and men in work
National Council for Women asks Al-Azhar to change curricula
Council to reform its branches in different Egyptian governorates
Combating sexual harassment should be presidential priority: I Saw Harassment
Anti-harassment campaign calls on incoming president to criminalise violence against women
Saudi end to girlsâ sports âwelcomeâ: HRW
AFP- Human Rights Watch welcomed Saturday a recommendation by Saudi Arabiaâs consultative Shura Council to lift the ban on sports in girlsâ state schools. On Tuesday, the council recommended that the longstanding ban, relaxed in private schools last year, be ended altogether, state media in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom reported. It is now up to …
Egypt is falling short of UN womenâs rights standards: Al-Tallawi
National Council for Women chairman criticises western countriesâ âdouble-standardsâ in addressing human rights during 58th UN Commission on Status of Women
Tunisia charter to uphold equality, freedom of opinion
The Islamists also agreed in recent months to drop their insistence on Islam being the main source of legislation, or criminalising âattacks on the sacredâ.
Tunisia votes for gender equality in new charter
They are equal before the law without discrimination,” states article 20 of the new charter, which was approved by 159 lawmakers out the 169 who voted.
Al-Nour party against adding a constitutional article on gender equality
Party member says partyâs against allocating quotas for minorities in constitution
Ana Hunna: Tweet to support Women Bread Winners
Join the Twitter discussion on Saturday looking at the obstacles that face female breadwinners in Egypt
Moving forward to end violence against women
By Lakshmi Puri Last year, as rebels captured the main towns in Northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase of rapes in the first week of the takeover of Gao and Kidal, places where most women never report this kind of violence to anyone, not even health practitioners. We heard stories of …
Egypt leads North Africa in achieving Millennium Development Goals
Despite leading in several key indicators, Egypt falls behind in terms of gender equality and female representation in parliament
Workers plan Labour Day protests
Labourers will march to Shura Council to demand their rights
Women march on anniversary of violence
Womenâs rights still a central theme in national debate, a year after photo of protester stripped to blue bra shocked the world
Some things do not change
Stella … Lissa shabab!
Jordan’s women celebrate success
Eman Hylooz is a Jordanian Computer Science graduate and a successful young entrepreneur. The company she started in June 2012 is steadily growing and is expected to make a net profit of 114,108 Jordanian Dinars in its first year of operations. Hylooz recalls that the idea for her business start-up first came about when she …
Human Rights Watch condemns new constitution
HRW suggests constitution guarantees Egypt’s commitment to international treaties
Egyptian women struggle for equality and freedom
Nearly twenty months after last year’s mass uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s women are again taking to the streets, demanding âbread, freedom and social justice,â the same demands made by pro-democracy activists protesting in Tahrir Square during the 25 January revolution. A women’s rally outside the Shura (Consultative) Council headquarters on Qasr Al-Eini …
Dostor Party publishes manifesto, reveals economic and social policies
The manifesto outlines the party’s goals and principles
Gender equality only within provisions of Shariâa, says constituent assembly
The gender equality article publicly denounced by several political parties and interest groups
Tunisian President affirms womenâs rights, criticises coalition partner
Marzouki slams Ennahda, affirms his commitment to women’s rights