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Latest in Tag: women
âAs if I brought it on myselfâ
Egyptian women share stories of gender discrimination, harassment, and abuse on BuSSy’s new blog
Government body to implement new strategy to protect women against violence
The new tripartite strategy involves prevention, protection and intervention, and will include raising awareness, and the rehabilitation of those perpetrating violence as well as their victims.
Child marriage remains common, despite legal ban
AUC seminar examines causes and solutions to child marriage
In Pictures: Demonstrators rally against sexual harassment
Several hundred demonstratorsâboth men and women, Egyptians and foreignersâgathered outside the Cairo Opera House in Gezira to protest against the ongoing phenomenon of sexual harassment and sexual assault in Egyptâs streets. Dubbed âWalk Like An Egyptian Woman,â several anti-harassment groups were widely represented, including I Saw Harassment (Shoft Taharosh) and Dignity Without Borders. Other …
The first step to solving a problem
You donât need to read the United Nations report saying 99.3% of Egyptian women have been sexually harassed (and worse) to know how serious of a problem the issue is in Egypt. Half of Egyptian society is under constant threat in the public space â studies, reported cases, and anecdotes all make this very clear. …
Rape in Congo can be a death sentence to women
By Dr. CĂ©sar Chelala Rape as a weapon of war continues to take a heavy toll on womenâs lives in todayâs conflicts around the world. A high proportion of the women who are victims of rape end up infected with sexually transmitted diseases and infections, including HIV. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is …
500 victims of sexual violence since 2011: NGOs
Al-Sisi calls on interior minister to apply the law in combating sexual assault in Tahrir Square; prosecutor general investigates assault incidents
Sexual assault reported in Tahrir Square during Al-Sisiâs inauguration: Anti-harassment group
Ministry of Interior reports two cases of sexual harassment and arrests six in response
23 arrested for sexual harassment
Students caught harassing girls near Upper Egypt high school
Combating sexual harassment should be presidential priority: I Saw Harassment
Anti-harassment campaign calls on incoming president to criminalise violence against women
NCW denies expelling EU observers from its symposium
National Council for Women accuses EU of trying to deny the legitimacy of the â30 June Revolutionâ, while the EU says NCW chairman was âmisinformedâ about its missionâs report
Strength before beauty
Men living in harsh conditions are more likely to find women with masculine features attractive
EU observer mission declines comment on departure from NCW symposium
Mission members were asked to leave the symposium after NCW head expressed displeasure with missionâs report on presidential elections
Egyptâs rule of law: Strong on paper, shakier on the ground
Earlier this month, Egyptâs cabinet passed a law confronting one of the countryâs worst epidemics. The new sexual harassment law both increases fines against offenders and expands actions which are defined as harassment by law. In a country where it has been estimated that 99.3% of women are sexually harassed, the amendments to the Penal …
Parties and civil society organisations decry marginalisation of women in country’s transition
Statement calls on committee tasked with amending election legislation to hold dialogue with women rights groups
A world free of wartime rape is within our reach
By Zainab Hawa Bangura Conflict-related sexual violence is a war crime mired in myths and shrouded in secrecy and stigma. Perhaps the greatest misperception is that it is an atrocity of a bygone era, and that in todayâs age of high tech warfare, rape is no longer used as a weapon of mass destruction. Nothing …
Women From Egypt: A new exhibition by Helmy El Touni
Helmy El Touni depicts Egyptian women going about their daily lives
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 …
Running for sexism
Running has long been used to promote causes; fighting cancer, eradicating poverty, promoting literacy among other worthy endeavours. It has been used by men to spread awareness, including women’s rights. In Europe, the well-known “walk a mile in her shoes” displays men wearing high heels and walking a mile to draw attention to the different …
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
From sexual harassment to sexual liberation
At the heart of Egyptâs sexual harassment epidemic lies an out-of-date and unrealistic ideal of the ârealâ man and the âhonourableâ woman
Gendering agriculture
Women spearhead efforts to feed the continent
Ban calls for progress as UN commission on women opens
The commission, which brings together officials from the UN’s 193 member states and several thousand representatives from non-government groups, meets until 21 March.
HarassMap launches new âDonât Be Silentâ campaign
Mesh Saktaâs goal is to empower women and to highlight the criminal nature of sexual harassment
Equality and Justice in the Courtroom
By Navi Pillay  It is natural for a man to respond to a nagging female partner with violence. Women’s demands for equal pay with men for equal skills are not justified, because women are likely to stop working to have children. A man who kills his wife may receive a more lenient sentence if she …
Women taking charge to save the environment
By Dr Cesar Chelala The growing worldwide demand for resources is threatening the world’s environmental health to an unprecedented extent. There is widespread agreement that unless new and more effective policies are set in place, this situation could have devastating implications for human development. In this context, women and children can be very active participants …
In Pictures: World marks International Women’s Day
Photos By AFP
Coca-Cola aims to empower 4,000 Egyptian women by 2016
More than 1,250 women are participating in the micro-business projects that Coca-Cola launched
Rights group decries lack of women in new cabinet
Egyptian Centre for Womenâs Rights calls for introduction on quotas for women in government
Five short films on women impress audience at NVIC
The Institute hosted a screening of 5 shorts about women that were also screened at the Euro Film Panorama last November