Children’s rights coalition denounces state stance on FGM
The Egyptian Coalition for Children’s Rights described the practice as a crime against humanity
Read More →On the social stigma of divorce
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a report on 19 May that revealed the number of formal divorce cases from 2011 to 2012 had risen from 151,900 to 155,300 cases. Despite its increasing prevalence, divorce still evokes social stigma for women that differs depending on their socio-economic level. This stigma is said to be shifting in certain classes. Women shared their stories with Daily News Egypt on how the stigma of their divorce has affected their lives.
Read More →Running with women
Being a feminist almost always involves criticism of male thinking or male domination and this makes sense. In many ways, we are still a male-dominated society; we are not free nor are we truly equal, read the rest…
Read More →Rights groups address plight of Egyptian women
Violations on the rise, governmental representation not exceeding 6%, while trafficking persists
Read More →New exhibition Intimacy is well worth visiting
New exhibition forms a connection between the viewer and paintings through various skilful artistic techniques.
Read More →New campaign to stop violence against female students
Fouada Watch launches new campaign to fight violence in schools and universities
Read More →Rise in Afghan women jailed for ‘moral crimes’: rights group
Most of the 600 women in jail were victims of sexual assault and family violence who had run away from their attackers.
Read More →Interior Ministry addresses sexual harassment
A new governmental department is established to fight violence against women in Egypt
Read More →Dude looks like a lady
Recently, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women published a report stating that 99.3% of women in Egypt had experienced harassment. This included all forms of sexual harassment: verbal, physical, read the rest…
Read More →Police ‘inactive’ in stopping sexual harassment during Sham El-Nessim
No help from the police in stopping harassment on the Nile Corniche and lack of security leads to gang harassment at Mounir concert
Read More →Service set up to monitor sexual harassment during Sham El-Nessim
I Saw Harassment volunteers will scan Nile Corniche for harassers
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Op-eds on women and Hesham Qandil
One columnist assesses what it means to be a woman in Egypt today, while another discusses Prime Minister Hesham Qandil and his cabinet. The Difficulty of Being a Woman Gamal Abou Al-Hassan Al Masry Al read the rest…
Read More →Decade-old film still relevant in post-revolutionary Egypt
Netherlands-Flemish Institute screens controversial Egyptian film Asrar El-Banat followed by Q&A with the director.
Read More →99.3% of Egyptian women experienced sexual harassment: report
The study indicates that 96.5% of women in their survey said that sexual harassment came in the form of touching, which was the most common manifestation of sexual harassment
Read More →In Pictures: Women protest against minister’s remarks
Minister of Information causes controversy in Cairo
Read More →The multi-talented Pakinam El Sharkawy
On 21 April, the internet exploded when an “untrue” (as far as we know) piece of news was revealed. It was that President Mohamed Morsi’s aide, Pakinam El Sharkawy, would be assigned to the post read the rest…
Read More →Rights groups seek to halt school violations
A group of human rights organisations seeks to protect female students amid an alleged rise in school abuse
Read More →Morsi discusses state of the country
President Mohamed Morsi touches on a number of issues facing the country in a lengthy interview on Al-Jazeera
Read More →State Department assesses Egyptian human rights in 2012
The United States State Department highlighted a number of growing human rights concerns in Egypt in its annual report
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