women’s rights
National Council for Women former secretary general defends policies
Egypt
February 27, 2012
National Council for Women former secretary general defends policies
There are deliberate attempts to disparage the National Council for Women, Farkhonda Hassan, former secretary general of the council said…
Mervat al-Talawy elected head of National Council for Women
Egypt
February 19, 2012
Mervat al-Talawy elected head of National Council for Women
Mervat al-Talawy has been elected as head of the National Council for Women and Nehal Aboul Komsan has been elected…
Amnesty International: Some Egyptian parties refuse to stop discrimination
Egypt
January 24, 2012
Amnesty International: Some Egyptian parties refuse to stop discrimination
Most of the largest Egyptian political parties have committed to ambitious reform concerning human rights, but have given mixed signals…
Leading female figure in Muslim Brotherhood slams December’s women march
Egypt
January 14, 2012
Leading female figure in Muslim Brotherhood slams December’s women march
A leading female figure in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has accused the women’s march to condemn military…
Human rights council to back lawsuits by virginity test plaintiffs
Egypt
December 29, 2011
Human rights council to back lawsuits by virginity test plaintiffs
The woman's commission at Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Thursday decided to join a lawsuits filed by…
UN’s Bachelet deplores Egyptian attacks on women
World
December 23, 2011
UN’s Bachelet deplores Egyptian attacks on women
The head of the UN women's agency voiced serious concern on Thursday about the treatment of women and children by…
Clinton: Egypt’s treatment of women a ‘disgrace’
Egypt
December 20, 2011
Clinton: Egypt’s treatment of women a ‘disgrace’
WASHINGTON — An impassioned Hillary Clinton accused post-revolution Egypt of failing its women as she denounced the stripping and beating…
Clinton says women sidelined in Egypt transition
Egypt
December 17, 2011
Clinton says women sidelined in Egypt transition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that women were being sidelined in the hoped-for transition to democracy in…
Future of women’s rights in Tunisia remains in doubt
World
December 7, 2011
Future of women’s rights in Tunisia remains in doubt
The Islamist Ennahda Party’s election victory in Tunisia has come to mean many different things. For outside observers wary of how the…