gender equality
Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt recruits its first women
Egypt
July 31, 2018
Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt recruits its first women
For the first time, the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt will open its doors to hire females across vacancies in all…
MP calls for appointing a female prime minister
Egypt
April 3, 2018
MP calls for appointing a female prime minister
MP Anisa Essam Hassouna called for the selection of a qualified female to be the prime minister of Egypt in…
Meet the first Egyptian female referee for men’s football matches
Health & Fitness
March 30, 2018
Meet the first Egyptian female referee for men’s football matches
The Egyptian Football Association’s referee committee recently accredited Egyptian Mona Attallah as the first female referee for men’s football in…
IWD: Barbie unveils line of 18 iconic dolls based on inspiring women
Life & Style
March 8, 2018
IWD: Barbie unveils line of 18 iconic dolls based on inspiring women
Barbie dolls have been setting beauty and fashion trends to girls for almost six decades, but this year, in honor…
IWD: DHL Egypt hires first ever female delivery personnel
Egypt
March 8, 2018
IWD: DHL Egypt hires first ever female delivery personnel
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the social, economic, political, and cultural achievements of women; moreover, it…
Lebanese push for more participation of women in politics
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Lebanese push for more participation of women in politics
Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote…
Meet Mona El-Prince, Egypt’s only potential female presidential candidate
Egypt
January 19, 2018
Meet Mona El-Prince, Egypt’s only potential female presidential candidate
Out of 23 potential candidates competing in Egypt’s upcoming presidential election only one of them is a woman. Mona Al-Prince,…
New cabinet has 6 female ministers for the first time in Egypt’s history
Egypt
January 15, 2018
New cabinet has 6 female ministers for the first time in Egypt’s history
“The merciful heart of the revolution,” a title given by late President Gamal Abdel Nasser to Hikmat Abu Zaid, the…
Meet Rania Mashat, Egypt’s first female Tourism Minister, set to revolutionize the industry
Egypt
January 15, 2018
Meet Rania Mashat, Egypt’s first female Tourism Minister, set to revolutionize the industry
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail’s latest cabinet changes took a step towards female empowerment, with two of the four newly-appointed ministers…
Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
World
December 12, 2017
Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
For nine years in a row, the World Economic Forum has ranked Iceland as having the world’s smallest gender-equality gap,…