women’s rights

The National Council for Women (NCW) rejected the draft law on parliamentary elections discussed by the Shura Council on Wednesday.…

Eight female activists on Tuesday cut some of their hair before reporters’ cameras in Tahrir Square to protest the divisive…

  A group of activists has called on Egyptians — particularly women — to not accept what they described as…

Most discussion about women’s rights in the draft constitution focused on Article 68, which guaranteed women’s equality with men as…

Since 25 January 2011, Egyptian women have entered a new phase of struggle. Analyzing the constitution-drafting process, currently one of…

The tumultuous constitution-writing process was dealt another blow this week when secular powers withdrew from the assembly tasked with drafting…

Members of the Constituent Assembly agreed last week to remove a proposed article which provided some constitutional support for gender…

Disputes over controversial articles have raised doubts whether members of the assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution will have the document…

Security authorities in Cairo and Suez said they arrested 541 people during Eid al-Adha based on investigations of harrassment in…

This week's Eid al-Adha holidays saw 727 cases of verbal and sexual harassment reported across Egypt, typically taking place in…