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Are women better investors?
Women are indeed better investors on average, but they don’t know it. Most financial products are designed by men, for men. Now new women-focused digital investment platforms are hoping to fill in the gap.Wall Street is something of a boys club. It’s mostly men who work in the offices of banks and investment funds; it’s …
Sahar Nasr chosen as first woman to join UN Social Impact Fund’s Consultative Committee
The Minister of Investment and International Cooperation discussed with the head of the UN Development Program the establishment of a fund to support development-oriented investments in Egypt
Women around the world: Latvia
In collaboration with Eyeem, DW invited photographers to share images that offer an insight into the lives of women around the world. This one was taken in Latvia by Zelma Brezinska.DW: Where did you take the picture? Zelma Brezinska: This photograph was taken in Latgale, in southeast Latvia on the border with the Russian Federation …
Nasr, EU sign âŹ10m grant agreement to promote women’s rights in Egypt
The European Union and its countries contributes support of âŹ11bn to Egypt, says Danielsson
Al-Sisi announces 2017 as âYear of Egyptian womenâÂ
The president emphasised womenâs central role for the future of Egypt
2017: a new era for hijabi women in fashion
Walking in mega shopping malls around the Arab world is often a journey among the world’s number one commercial campaigns. From ethnic models to Caucasian women and men that equally fail to relate to Middle Eastern beauty aesthetics, shop windows and flashy ads often display an obvious neglect of many countries and ethnicities. Manal Rostom …
Egyptian women participated effectively in saving Egypt from extremism: Al-Sisi
The president honored martyrsâ mothers and other leading female figures during Egyptian Womenâs Day celebration
Women and their day
On 8 March 1857, thousands of women went out to protest on the streets of New York against the inhumane conditions under which they were forced to work. Even though police intervened to disperse the protests, it still managed to make officials to look into the problems of working women. On 8 March 1908, thousands …
Women constitute 22.5% of total labour force: CAPMAS
Between 2014 and 2015, illiteracy rate decreased from 33.1% to 27.3% among females and from 17.8% to 14.7% among males, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), which issued a press release on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March. CAPMAS noted that the unemployment rate reached …
Consumer Protection Agency prevents campaign promoting violence against womenÂ
The campaign originally aimed to share female stories of success and breaking social taboos, yet their teaser ads caused a wave of criticism
A book reveals womenâs hushed torments in Upper EgyptÂ
Women in Upper Egypt are very creative, strong, and socially aware. Yet, they lack support, education, and medical awareness, says writerÂ
Womenâs gyms lay bare limits of Saudi reforms
A Saudi decision to license within weeks the kingdomâs first women-only gyms constitutes progress in a country in which womenâs rights are severely curtailed. It also lays bare the limitations of Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salmanâs plan for social and economic reforms that would rationalise and diversify the kingdomâs economy. Restrictions on what activities …
I Want a Divorce tackles women’s struggles in Egyptian society
Over the past few years, we have licensed to some terrifying statistics about the rapidly increasing numbers of divorce cases. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) recently estimated one divorce is filed every four minutes. Although divorce is considered a mutual responsibility between husband and wife in many countries, women are still …
Mishwar seeks expansion in Greater Cairo, recruiting 10,000 women
Mishwar Company launched its first training courses, to teach women driving cars, last week, within an initiative launched by the company last month under the name “Women Can Drive”. It aims to provide driving lessons for women and give them the chance to join the company’s Eve Department, which offers transportation services by female drivers. …
In Pictures: March held at Cairo University on Arab Women’s Day
Cairo University held a march on Wednesday on the occasion of Arab Women’s Day, celebrated on 1 February. The march was organised by the university president and the National Council for Women Rights in solidarity with displaced and refugee women in the Arab region. The purpose of the Arab Women’s Day is to assure the …
Investment, international cooperation, social solidarity, expatriate affairs ministers to participate in EGYPS 2017 Women in Energy Conference
Cairo is set to host the EGYPS Women in Energy Conference on Thursday, on the third day of the Egypt Petroleum Show, which opens 14-16 February 2017 at the Cairo International Convention Centre, as part of the announcement that 2017 is the year of women and under the high patronage of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. …
Young directors vie for Max OphĂŒls Prize with films on freedom, migration and women
Hot-button topics like migrations and women’s issues are on the lineup at the Max OphĂŒls Prize Film Festival in Germany. It was opened with an absurd Austrian tour de force that overcomes time itself.”Night of 1,000 hours” is the enigmatic title of the third long film by Austrian director Virgil Widrich which opened the 38th …
4 Egyptian women qualify for squash J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions’ quarterfinals
After the second round ended, four Egyptian female squash championsâNour El-Sherbini, Nouran Gohar, Omneya Abdel Kawy, and Raneem El-Welilyâmade it to the 2017 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions’ quarterfinals. The four Egyptian champions were the ones who represented Egypt at the 2016 Women’s World Team Squash Championships celebrated in December. They made Egypt proud by …
In Mahmoud Abou Zaidâs realism, women claim modest victories
Mahmoud Abou Zaid passed away in December 2016
Exhibition explores Egyptian womenâs hidden traditional handicrafts
Exhibition explores Egyptian womenâs hidden traditional handicrafts
The portraits portray women practicing all types of handicrafts, even those which were culturally known as jobs only occupied by men
Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry honours Egyptian Women’s squash team
The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs honored on Sunday the Egyptian womenâs squash team that represented Egypt at the 2016 WSF World Team Squash Championships. The ceremony, held at the ministryâs headquarters, honoured Nour El-Sherbiny, Omneya Abdel Kawy, Raneem El-Welily, and Nouran Gohar. All four athletes are also being given EGP 75,000. The team …
Egyptian women turn to technology to provide for their families
Sitting at home, Noha Soliman, a 35-year-old homemaker, occasionally spent her free time making home accessories, fabrics, and wood paintings. She often participated in exhibitions to sell some of her wares and earn some extra cash, but the return was neither sustainable nor enough. “But a website called To7fa Bazaar turned my life around,” Soliman …
Egyptâs women champions continue victories in the world of squash
Egypt’s Nada Abbas won the 2016 London Squash Open, which came to an end on 4 December. Abbas defeated England’s Julianne Courtice in the final match with a score of 3-2 (8/11, 11/4, 11/7, 12/14, 11/6). The victory comes one day after the Egyptian women’s squash national team won the 2016 Women’s World Team Squash …
Egypt comes out on top at 2016 Women’s World Team Squash Championship
Egyptâs national womenâs squash team surprised the world on Saturday when it won the 2016 Women’s World Team Squash Championship in France. This is the third time for the women’s team to win the championship. The team first won in 2008, and then won a second time in 2012. This year’s victory came after Egypt …
Egypt continues to dominate Womenâs World Team Squash Championship
On Wednesday, the 2016 Womenâs World Team Squash Championship held the third round of the first group, in which Egypt defeated Mexico with a 3-0 victory. Raneem El Welily beat Mexico’s Nayelly Hernandez, 3-0 (11-9/11-6/11-2); Nouran Gohar won against Diana Garcia, 3-0, (11-6/11-6/11-5); and Omneya Abdel Kawy defeated Diana Anguiano, 3-0, (11-5/11-4/11-8). On Tuesday the …
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, …
Violence against women:Â hesitant legislatures and societal obstacles
The world is celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women through the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. Just a week ago, 15-year-old Reem Magdy, Egyptâs wrestling world champion, left this world after her father beat her, pushing her to jump out of a fast-moving car and die on …
Women dominate the face of unemployment in Egypt: researchers
Young women with university degrees are five times more likely to be unemployed than young men in Egypt, according to the Population Councilâs research on gender disparity in access to higher education. While there are nine women for every 10 men in university and the gender gap is narrowing, the percentage of unemployment after graduation …
What a Hillary Clinton victory would mean for Egyptian women
Can a woman winning the White House change history for Egyptian women? Over the past year, I have been addressing this question with female Egyptian intellectuals in Cairo. Before discussing the intellectual womenâs view of the US election, it is worth keeping in mind that only around 28% of Egyptians go to university. So most of the …