Latest in Tag: women’s rights Highlight
Latest in Tag: women’s rights
Development centre condemns subversion of womenâs rights
The Cairo Centre for Development and Human Rights urges people in power to stop using womenâs rights as a pretext for political gain
NCW submits violence against women bill
The council was delegated by Prime Minister Qandil to draft a law regarding violence committed against women
International concern over human rights after violence across Egypt
US State Department, European Neighbourhood Policy and Freedom House make recommendations to Egypt
Morsi’s women initiative criticised
Fouada Watch describes initiative as empty and âflimsyâ
NSF establishes permanent committee to defend womenâs rights
The NSF announces it will not attend the president’s initiative on womenâs rights
Morsi announces initiative to support womenâs rights
Aims to expand the role of Egyptâs women through workshops
NCW reflects on the UN declaration on violence against Women
Tellawi: The declaration is facing an instigated distortion campaign
Exclusion and systematic violence against women a state policy: rights group
Fouada Watch releases sixth report about state performance regarding women’s issues
NCW responds to Muslim Brotherhood statement
National Council for Women denies the UN declaration on violence against women breaches Islamic Shari’a
Egyptian delegation denies withdrawal from UN session
National Council for Women members deny they withdrew from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women during Sharkawi’s address
Egyptian delegation to UN status of women commission criticised
Women’s rights activist Nehad Abul Qomsan calls Pakinam Al-Sharkawi’s address âshockingâ
Egyptian women demand rights on International Womenâs Day
Womenâs march calls for rights, equality, justice and the fall of the regime
Egyptian women will march to âreclaim their rightsâ
Women from various political parties and movements will march from Talaat Harb to the press syndicate on International Womenâs Day
New Constitution âunderlines rights of womenâ
Pakinam Al-Sharkawi spoke on the status of women in Egypt at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
NCW draft law to combat violence against women
The new law is expected to include severe penalties for perpetrators, including the death penalty
BuSSy empowers women through theatre
“BuSSy is a project intended to empower women and raise awareness about women’s issues through creative means,” says BuSSy Facebook page
AUC roundtable discusses Egyptian women
University professor blames issues of women’s status equally on Islamists and mainstream opposition
Egyptian women march to condemn stripped man incident
The women will proceed to the High Court of Justice chanting âEgyptian men should not be strippedâ
Supreme Constitutional Court rules on FGM
Court turns down a lawsuit calling for the law banning FGM to be scrapped
Womenâs groups troubled by draft elections law
Womenâs groups were hopeful that the elections law would guarantee greater representation for women
Symbolic protest outside Shura Council
The National Front for Egyptâs Women holds protest outside Shura Council objecting to draft election law
Saudi king names women to advisory council in historic first
30 women appointed to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council marking a historic first
Women cut their hair in protest of new constitution
Small group of women claim constitution represses their rights
UN experts concerned over womenâs rights in proposed constitution
âCritical review of the draft constitution is still necessary,â say UN experts
Al-Sakary attacks marriage law
As the new constitution is drafted a fresh controversy erupts over the rights of women
Protest at presidential palace against controversial article 36
Many fear the controversial Article 36 will set women back and take from their rights
Scoring Change: empowerment through football
Women’s football in Egypt is challenging social and sporting attitudes
Egyptian protesters mark Women’s Day, chanting against SCAF and Islamists
By Safaa Abdoun and Dalia Rabie CAIRO: Hundreds marched from the Journalistsâ Syndicate to the Peopleâs Assembly Thursday to mark International Womenâs Day, with chants mainly directed at the ruling military council and the dominant Islamist parliamentary blocs. Female and male protesters chanted against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling Supreme Council of the …
On the revolution’s anniversary, men stand up for women’s rights in Egypt
By Alice Hackman CAIRO: On January 25, hope filled the air as Egyptian activists took to the streets in tens of thousands on the anniversary of the revolution, this time asking for a new president before a new constitution. Stories from the square were mostly of renewed optimism â but there were also a few stories …
Women demand equal rights in new charter
By AFP CAIRO: Fifteen Egyptian groups called on Tuesday for women’s rights to be guaranteed in the new constitution, after a popular uprising that toppled the regime paved the way for a new charter. “We are not proposing a new constitution, but we want women’s rights to be included,” Amina ElBendary, a professor of Arab …