women’s rights

Pakistan’s ‘biggest feminist’ under fire after sexist tirade
World

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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…
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