women
Egypt’s feminists downplay empowerment through mobile phones
Egypt
October 15, 2010
Egypt’s feminists downplay empowerment through mobile phones
Egyptian feminists have cast doubts about a newly launched initiative to reduce the gap that exists between men and women…
Sexual harassement on the map
Egypt
August 27, 2010
Sexual harassement on the map
Two boys jumped in the women-only metro carriage, spat in the face of a passenger and yelled offensive phrases before…
I will stifle it!
Art news
July 10, 2010
I will stifle it!
As we, the actors and actresses of the Bussy play were on stage for our curtain call, our director stepped…
Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?
Egypt
July 2, 2010
Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?
Ten years after a series of legal reforms in Egypt’s personal status laws, more is needed according to women rights…
Egypt celebrates third Arab-Hispanic Women Film Festival
Cinema/TV
May 17, 2010
Egypt celebrates third Arab-Hispanic Women Film Festival
Seventeen films from a women's perspective will be screened at the Center of Creativity on the premises of the Opera…
FGM: The Pharaonic rite that’s a hard habit to break
Egypt
May 5, 2010
FGM: The Pharaonic rite that’s a hard habit to break
Aswan--In a nation where UNICEF estimates 96 percent of all married women have undergone some form of female genital mutilation…
Lawyers: State Council violates constitution over women
Egypt
March 9, 2010
Lawyers: State Council violates constitution over women
There have been many protests lately calling for female judges to be allowed to work for the State Council. All…
Egypt State Council head ignores female judges ban
Egypt
February 25, 2010
Egypt State Council head ignores female judges ban
The controversial issue of appointing female judges to Egypt's authoritative State Council took another turn on Monday, when State Council…