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Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown
World
October 27, 2011
Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown
SANAA - Hundreds of Yemeni women on Wednesday set fire to traditional female veils to protest the government's brutal crackdown…
Women’s groups relaunch Egyptian Feminist Union
Egypt
October 18, 2011
Women’s groups relaunch Egyptian Feminist Union
Egyptian women’s organizations announced Saturday the reestablishment of the Egyptian Feminist Union, a group that dates back to 1923 when…
Arab Women’s Association forms political party
Egypt
October 16, 2011
Arab Women’s Association forms political party
The Arab Women's Association submitted an application on Sunday for the formation of a political party, to be named the…
Women running in elections should be veiled, says Salafi leader
Egypt
October 13, 2011
Women running in elections should be veiled, says Salafi leader
Salafi leader Mahmoud Amer has said there should be conditions on women running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, namely that…
Arab uprisings’ women celebrate Nobel recognition
World
October 8, 2011
Arab uprisings’ women celebrate Nobel recognition
As demonstrations first swelled in Yemen, regime supporters distributed a photo showing Tawakkul Karman at a protest with a male…
Marriages between Egyptian men and foreign women on the rise
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Marriages between Egyptian men and foreign women on the rise
A recent study indicated that the phenomenon of young Egyptian males marrying elderly foreign women is growing in Egypt. The…
Jama’a al-Islamiya lists women and Copts among party’s founding members
Egypt
August 23, 2011
Jama’a al-Islamiya lists women and Copts among party’s founding members
The Jama'a al-Islamiya submitted an application on Tuesday to form its first political party, listing in its several thousand founding…
Islamists threaten to roll back legal gains for women
Egypt
August 17, 2011
Islamists threaten to roll back legal gains for women
Ahmed Abubaker, a 35-year-old teacher has little interest in politics and barely followed the developments of the Egyptian revolution. But…
Minister: No female governors to be appointed in planned reshuffle
Egypt
July 30, 2011
Minister: No female governors to be appointed in planned reshuffle
Women will be excluded in a planned gubernatorial reshuffle, Egypt's local development minister, Mohamed Ahmed Attiya, said Saturday. In statements…
Egyptian rights group rejects ‘women-only’ taxis
Egypt
July 27, 2011
Egyptian rights group rejects ‘women-only’ taxis
The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights on Wednesday rejected a project approved by Local Development Minister Mohamed Attiya to designate…