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64% of men admit to harassing women in Egypt’s streets: report
Society
June 19, 2017
64% of men admit to harassing women in Egypt’s streets: report
Promundo, a Brazilian organization that campaigns for gender equality, recently released a study examining sexual harassment and gender inequality from…
42.5% of divorced women have been subjected to psychological abuse by their former husbands: CAPMAS
Egypt
June 15, 2017
42.5% of divorced women have been subjected to psychological abuse by their former husbands: CAPMAS
A study prepared by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on the prevalence of violence against Egyptian…
National Council for Women to monitor women’s image in Ramadan series
Cinema/TV
June 3, 2017
National Council for Women to monitor women’s image in Ramadan series
The National Council for Women (NCW) said it will be monitoring the image of Egyptian women in all Ramadan TV…
Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab becomes first Arab woman to win UN prize for culture
Art news
March 31, 2017
Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab becomes first Arab woman to win UN prize for culture
Egyptian-Lebanese visual artist Bahia Shehab has become the first Arab woman to ever receive the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture for…
In photos: EgyptAir launches 2 flights with women-only crews for the first time
Egypt
March 22, 2017
In photos: EgyptAir launches 2 flights with women-only crews for the first time
On Wednesday, EgyptAir organized flights piloted by all-female crews for the first time ever, with two flights departing from Cairo…
Interview with Egypt’s first female governor: I love the challenge, there is no room for failure
Egypt
March 8, 2017
Interview with Egypt’s first female governor: I love the challenge, there is no room for failure
Engineer Nadia Abdo, the governor of Beheira, said her selection for the post of governor is, in some ways, an…
International Women’s Day: Egypt’s female athletes outperform men internationally
Egypt
March 8, 2017
International Women’s Day: Egypt’s female athletes outperform men internationally
Egyptian women have boldly stepped into the field of competitive sports in the past years, no longer content with the merely…
Nike commercial celebrates Arab female athletes ‘to inspire others’
Life & Style
March 8, 2017
Nike commercial celebrates Arab female athletes ‘to inspire others’
"What will they say about you?" is a rhetorical question with which many women and girls in the Middle East…
Wali honors Egypt’s top 50 women, best companies in economy
Business
February 1, 2017
Wali honors Egypt’s top 50 women, best companies in economy
Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali participated in a ceremony yesterday honoring the Top 100 Companies in Egypt, and the…
Unemployment rate among women exceeds 25%: Labour minister
Egypt
January 20, 2017
Unemployment rate among women exceeds 25%: Labour minister
Minister of Labour Mohamed Saafan said in press statements on Thursday that the unemployment percentage among women exceeds 25%, "which…