gender equality

Women group lauds Alexandria’s appointment of female municipality head
Egypt

Women group lauds Alexandria’s appointment of female municipality head

A women empowerment organization has hailed the appointment of Alexandria’s first female municipality head, calling for further similar decisions to…
Buying sex a criminal offense under controversial Northern Ireland law
World

Buying sex a criminal offense under controversial Northern Ireland law

Men who use prostitutes in Northern Ireland face up to a year in jail or a fine under a new…
UN officials: Women are key in tackling disaster
Health & Fitness

UN officials: Women are key in tackling disaster

Women are far more exposed to disasters than men given their frontline roles in the home and in healthcare, the…
Gains and gaps in women’s fight for gender equality since 1995 – report
Life & Style

Gains and gaps in women’s fight for gender equality since 1995 – report

In the past 20 years the world's women and girls have made significant progress in health, education and legal rights…
Actress Emma Watson urges more men to fight for gender equality
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Actress Emma Watson urges more men to fight for gender equality

British actress Emma Watson urged more men and boys on Sunday to take a stand for women's rights and be…
UN conference highlights progress, setbacks in Arab women’s status
Egypt

UN conference highlights progress, setbacks in Arab women’s status

A major conference on the empowerment of women, which kicked off in Cairo on Monday and discusses progress in the…
Cairo to host high-profile Arab conference on equality for women
Egypt

Cairo to host high-profile Arab conference on equality for women

Cairo will host on 2 and 3 February a high-profile Arab conference on justice and equality for women in the…
Harry Potter star Watson urges men to join gender equality battle
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Harry Potter star Watson urges men to join gender equality battle

 British actress Emma Watson urged young men to speak out when women are degraded, husbands to support wives to pursue…
Harry Potter star Watson urges men to join gender equality battle
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Harry Potter star Watson urges men to join gender equality battle

 British actress Emma Watson urged young men to speak out when women are degraded, husbands to support wives to pursue…
Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday
Egypt

Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday

The Egyptian Railways Authority is set to enforce women’s-only train cars on several popular routes to and from the capital…
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