By Semanur Karaman and Sara Katrine Brandt No country in the world is safe for women human rights defenders, yet Egypt is particularly dangerous for women who want to contribute to democracy and assert their presence in the public-political sphere. Here are a few examples of defenders who have been punished, attacked, who have experienced …
âWe did not only tell our stories, we also shared our friendsâ stories, whether females or males,â says one participant
2015âs new demands add up to old unachieved ones
82.3% of eye witnesses to the harassment do not interfere or help the victim, says Harassmap
Om Heba follows in her husbandâs path and believes in equality between women and men in work
Recent rantings opened the door to an understanding that may very well lead to the end of gender inequality
The coalition released a joint statement calling on the president and government to takes steps ensure justice for women
Being a feminist almost always involves criticism of male thinking or male domination and this makes sense. In many ways, we are still a male-dominated society; we are not free nor are we truly equal, not yet. Even in first-world countries, women are still paid less than men and professions objectifying women, such as prostitution …
The Event changed everything. Nobody knows the exact date when the event started. The chaos that took place once it started, and its insane aftermath, made any kind of accurate documentation impossible, but we know that it reached Cairo around August 2013, specifically around the Eid vacation. In its aftermath, Egypt found itself on the …
Anti-harassment march heads to Tahrir vowing to fight âfascism and extremismâ
There has been a global war on women but in spite of it women are succeeding
Egyptians are prone to touch each other during conversations and often call each other habibi, while dude seems to be as far as foreign men are willing to go.
