women’s rights
Pakistan’s ‘biggest feminist’ under fire after sexist tirade
World
March 7, 2020
Pakistan’s ‘biggest feminist’ under fire after sexist tirade
He calls himself “Pakistan’s biggest feminist”, but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week after he hurled…
Voice of the unknown woman: Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat
Middle East
March 2, 2020
Voice of the unknown woman: Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat
For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world’s worst places to…
No country for young women? Myanmar’s battle against rape
World
March 2, 2020
No country for young women? Myanmar’s battle against rape
Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it…
Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law
Egypt
February 18, 2020
Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law
Egypt’s National Council for Women said on Monday that it is in the process of studying the article related to…
‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
World
February 18, 2020
‘Tiger widows’ shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh
Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbors and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida’s crime? Her husband was killed by…
Women protesters in Iraq defy radical cleric, take to street
Middle East
February 14, 2020
Women protesters in Iraq defy radical cleric, take to street
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi women took to the streets of central Baghdad and southern Iraq on Thursday in…
Egypt honors ‘Top 50 Women of 2019’
Egypt
February 13, 2020
Egypt honors ‘Top 50 Women of 2019’
Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development honored 50 women, many of them leaders in the finance and banking sectors,…
Mariam Naoum, Kamla Abu Zekri to turn Naguib Mahfouz novel into film
Culture
February 7, 2020
Mariam Naoum, Kamla Abu Zekri to turn Naguib Mahfouz novel into film
“Taht El Mazla” (Under The Shade), a collection of short stories authored by legendary Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, is set…
The shame of FGM
Opinion
February 5, 2020
The shame of FGM
The reprehensible habit of female genital mutilation (FGM) has taken another life; a 12-year-old girl forced into a clinic to…
Egypt’s National Council for Women calls for Friday sermons to address FGM
Egypt
February 3, 2020
Egypt’s National Council for Women calls for Friday sermons to address FGM
The President of Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW), Maya Morsi, has called on Egypt’s Endowments Ministry to unify Friday…