Egyptian activist address Oslo Freedom Forum
Soraya Bahgat, founder of Tahrir Bodyguard, speaks on Egyptian women’s fight for their rights
Read More →Women’s movements protest against ‘Harassment’ minister
Shoft Taharosh women’s coalition to protest at Maspero, will demand Minister of Information be punished and dismissed
Read More →British report: ‘Issues of concern’ remain in Egypt
FCO report expresses concern over sectarian violence, women’s rights, freedom of expression and the constitution in Egypt
Read More →NCW rejects new House of Representatives elections bill
The bill drafted by the Shura Council reverses placement of women at top of party lists
Read More →Development centre condemns subversion of women’s rights
The Cairo Centre for Development and Human Rights urges people in power to stop using women’s rights as a pretext for political gain
Read More →NCW submits violence against women bill
The council was delegated by Prime Minister Qandil to draft a law regarding violence committed against women
Read More →International concern over human rights after violence across Egypt
US State Department, European Neighbourhood Policy and Freedom House make recommendations to Egypt
Read More →Morsi’s women initiative criticised
Fouada Watch describes initiative as empty and ‘flimsy’
Read More →NSF establishes permanent committee to defend women’s rights
The NSF announces it will not attend the president’s initiative on women’s rights
Read More →Morsi announces initiative to support women’s rights
Aims to expand the role of Egypt’s women through workshops
Read More →NCW reflects on the UN declaration on violence against Women
Tellawi: The declaration is facing an instigated distortion campaign
Read More →Exclusion and systematic violence against women a state policy: rights group
Fouada Watch releases sixth report about state performance regarding women’s issues
Read More →NCW responds to Muslim Brotherhood statement
National Council for Women denies the UN declaration on violence against women breaches Islamic Shari’a
Read More →Egyptian delegation denies withdrawal from UN session
National Council for Women members deny they withdrew from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women during Sharkawi’s address
Read More →Egyptian delegation to UN status of women commission criticised
Women’s rights activist Nehad Abul Qomsan calls Pakinam Al-Sharkawi’s address ‘shocking’
Read More →Egyptian women demand rights on International Women’s Day
Women’s march calls for rights, equality, justice and the fall of the regime
Read More →Egyptian women will march to ‘reclaim their rights’
Women from various political parties and movements will march from Talaat Harb to the press syndicate on International Women’s Day
Read More →New Constitution ‘underlines rights of women’
Pakinam Al-Sharkawi spoke on the status of women in Egypt at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
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