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Dancing for womenâs rights
A flash mob in Cairo on 14 February organised to raise awareness for women in Egypt
Female Genital Mutilation affects 140m women
Practice still widespread in Africa, parts of Asia
Concept Paper: Different practices of sexual violence against women
This paper includes the definitions of the following practices: Pregnancy Tests, Vaginal and Anal Tests , Virginity Tests,Rape , Sexual Assault , Sexual Harassment.
Sweden supports Egyptian womenâs rights with SEK 27m initiative
The job creation initiative will be implemented through âCash for Workâ programmes in cooperation with the Social Fund for Development
Mansour calls on women to participate in referendum
Mansour’s speech which was delivered by his advisor on women’s affairs, Sakina Fouad, stressed the importance of women’s role in “stopping the bloodshed”.
Gaza’s women have karate moves
By Omar Al-Ghraieb Women of different ages, sizes, social classes and backgrounds can be found at Gazaâs Karate Sports Club dressed in the classic white karate uniforms (known as Karategi in Japanese). They stand tall and barefoot. Some wear headscarves, some donât. They all have different colored belts around the waists, marking their progress. Emad …
Groups welcome Alexandria protestersâ release
The 14 adult defendants were handed 11-year prison sentences, while seven minors were ordered into a juvenile facility until their 18th birthdays, at which point their cases would be re-evaluated.
Anti-Coup Alliance prepares for more protests
Pro-Morsi coalition dubs Friday demonstrations âat your service, mother of the martyrâ
Part 3: New constitution expands social and economic rights, but grey areas remain
An analysis of the first two sections in the draft constitution concerning economic and social rights
21 Alexandrian girls âprisoners of conscienceâ: Amnesty
Human rights organisations condemn the 11-year verdict served to female Morsi supporters
National Council for Women fights violence against women
Press conference held to highlight women rights groups’ efforts to fight violence against women
Saudi survey: Majority of Saudis favour womenâs right to sports
By James M. Dorsey A vast majority of Saudis favour women having the right to fully engage in sports in a country that has no official facilities for female athletes or physical education programmes for girls in schools, according to a Saudi sociology researcher, who has put forward a series of recommendations at a time …
The forgotten plight of the girl combat soldier
By Dr Cesar Chelala For the past few decades girls have become unwilling warriors or sex partners for soldiers throughout the world. It is estimated that, between 1990 and 2003, girls as young as 13 served in military and paramilitary groups in 55 countries and participated in armed conflict in 38 of those countries. At …
MOFA announces procedures of combating violence against women
Women demand that their rights be guaranteed in constitutional articles
Egypt hosts first annual forum on womenâs health
The first annual forum on womenâs health aims to encourage women to get regular checkups
Protesters demand womenâs rights in the constitution
Near a hundred gather in downtown to demand guaranteed gender equality in the constitution
Anti-Coup Alliance protests against “vindictive violations” against women
The group has dubbed this Fridayâs protest, “Egyptian women are a red line.”
The German-Arab Chamber of Commerce trains 1,000 women
GACIC and ILO will train women over a year before they are offered a one-year job contract by employers
French woman reported missing in Egypt
Airport security had escorted the woman to the nearby four-star Baron hotel after she landed.
Saudi women ‘drive-in’ falters amid threats
One of the videos uploaded to YouTube shows a woman cloaked in black and wearing dark sunglasses driving a car in an area of the Saudi capital, apparently without being stopped.
Saudi warns women against defying driving ban
Activists have called on social networks for Saudi women to go behind the wheel on Saturday, in a campaign in the world’s only country that bans women from driving
Ana Hunna: Tweet to support Women Bread Winners
Join the Twitter discussion on Saturday looking at the obstacles that face female breadwinners in Egypt
Educate girls to alleviate poverty
By Dr Cesar Chelala Inequality and unequal access to education holds millions of girls and women back across the world. While the “gender gap” in education has narrowed over the past decade, girls are still at a disadvantage, particularly in getting access to high school education. And women still constitute two-thirds of the world’s illiterate …
The dirty word
By Nesreen Salem On behalf of the Egyptian Womenâs Union, I flew to Sweden to give a speech about Egyptian womenâs plight in Egypt after the âspringâ. I was a keynote speaker on a panel in the very heart of Swedish parliament. My audience included representatives from every political party in Sweden as well as …
Tunisia police rape trial adjourned
The defence had asked for a doctor to conduct a psychiatric examination of the woman.
On Egyptian women after the Arab Spring
Nesreen Salem’s speech for the Swedish Parliament on the state of Egyptian women
The land of few men
This is what I have dubbed Egypt years ago, to the chagrin of some of my guy friends and agreement of others. Egypt-mostly- is not a very healthy society with regards to interaction between women and men. A clear example is simply walking down the street; cat-calls, sexual insinuation and at times groping are the …
Womenâs groups meet to discuss constitution
Child marriage and seats in parliament among topics discussed
Saudi women call for new day of defiance against driving ban
“Many women are enthusiastic about learning to drive, or to teach other” women how to drive, she said, as many Saudi women have obtained abroad the driving licences they are denied in their homeland.
There will be no progress
There will be no progress, as long as we keep repeating the same mistakes, as long as hypocrisy and lies are the name of the game, as long as no real change happens. There will be no progress in the Tourism industry, as long as our government continues to believe that it is a âmarketingâ …