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Egypt’s feminists downplay empowerment through mobile phones
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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