women’s rights

Scores of political and human rights activists gathered in central Cairo to demand that women's rights be protected in the…

The National Council for Women joined other women’s rights activists on Tuesday in criticizing a proposed provision in the new…

In late August, 40-year-old Arafa Kamel set himself on fire outside the presidential palace in Heliopolis after a disagreement with…

  A 19-year-old girl was murdered overnight in a refugee camp in Gaza City by her brother and father in…

Sexual harassment has been a long-standing problem in Egypt. But since the street protests broke out last year, women have…

The head of Egypt's National Council for Women, Mervat al-Tallawy, said Friday that Egyptian women are excluded from the revolutionary…

Egyptian women are speaking up against sexual violence after harrowing tales of mob attacks in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square prompted…

National Council for Women (NCW) has called on all state institutions to take legal measures against violations of citizens’ freedoms.…

Unlike her Muslim compatriots, Tarulata Rani is unable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot claim maintenance…

Saudi Arabia announced it would allow its female athletes to take part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which…