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Egyptian activist address Oslo Freedom Forum

  /  May 14, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Soraya Bahgat, founder of Tahrir Bodyguard, speaks on Egyptian women’s fight for their rights

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Women’s movements protest against ‘Harassment’ minister

  /  April 27, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  1 Comment

Shoft Taharosh women’s coalition to protest at Maspero, will demand Minister of Information be punished and dismissed

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British report: ‘Issues of concern’ remain in Egypt

  /  April 15, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  1 Comment

FCO report expresses concern over sectarian violence, women’s rights, freedom of expression and the constitution in Egypt

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Shura members condemn UN declaration against violence towards women

  /  April 15, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  3 Comments

Salafi Al-Nour Party Shura Council member Mohamed Al-Azab called for a distinction between “fairness” and “equality”

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Shura Council demands Mubarak return to Tora

  /  April 14, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Upper house of parliament condemns UN treaty on women for allowing sexual freedoms and gay marriage, attacks police for failing to protect FJP offices

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NCW rejects new House of Representatives elections bill

  /  April 4, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The bill drafted by the Shura Council reverses placement of women at top of party lists

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Development centre condemns subversion of women’s rights

  /  April 2, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The Cairo Centre for Development and Human Rights urges people in power to stop using women’s rights as a pretext for political gain

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NCW submits violence against women bill

  /  March 27, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The council was delegated by Prime Minister Qandil to draft a law regarding violence committed against women

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International concern over human rights after violence across Egypt

  /  March 26, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

US State Department, European Neighbourhood Policy and Freedom House make recommendations to Egypt

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Morsi’s women initiative criticised

  /  March 26, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Fouada Watch describes initiative as empty and ‘flimsy’

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NSF establishes permanent committee to defend women’s rights

  /  March 24, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

The NSF announces it will not attend the president’s initiative on women’s rights

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Morsi announces initiative to support women’s rights

  /  March 24, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Aims to expand the role of Egypt’s women through workshops

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NCW reflects on the UN declaration on violence against Women

  /  March 21, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Tellawi: The declaration is facing an instigated distortion campaign

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Exclusion and systematic violence against women a state policy: rights group

  /  March 19, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Fouada Watch releases sixth report about state performance regarding women’s issues

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NCW responds to Muslim Brotherhood statement

  /  March 14, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  2 Comments

National Council for Women denies the UN declaration on violence against women breaches Islamic Shari’a

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Egyptian delegation denies withdrawal from UN session

  /  March 11, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

National Council for Women members deny they withdrew from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women during Sharkawi’s address

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Egyptian delegation to UN status of women commission criticised

  /  March 10, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Women’s rights activist Nehad Abul Qomsan calls Pakinam Al-Sharkawi’s address ‘shocking’

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Egyptian women demand rights on International Women’s Day

  /  March 8, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Women’s march calls for rights, equality, justice and the fall of the regime

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Egyptian women will march to ‘reclaim their rights’

  /  March 6, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Women from various political parties and movements will march from Talaat Harb to the press syndicate on International Women’s Day

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New Constitution ‘underlines rights of women’

  /  March 5, 2013  /  Egypt, Politics  /  No Comments

Pakinam Al-Sharkawi spoke on the status of women in Egypt at the UN Commission on the Status of Women

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