Women

Find the latest women’s news, features and opinions on the Daily News Egypt. Women section stands for economic and social empowerment of women in Egypt  and worldwide.

Latest Women News

Women’s economic role is ‘macro-critical’, no longer lip-service: Al-Mashat

Egyptian government has taken leap forward by adopting policies, carrying out reforms…

Nehal Samir

Egyptian parliament prepares draft law toughening penalties for domestic violence

Draft law to increase penalty on abusive husbands with imprisonment for 3-5…

Nehal Samir

Government’s position considered momentum in criminalising FGM: National Council for Women

Toughening penalty for FGM is new victory for girls’ rights: National Council…

Nehal Samir

Hiding in plain sight: Marital rape still not criminalised in Egypt

Many Egyptian women suffer marital rape yet are given no recourse to…

Nehal Samir

International Cooperation Ministry executes 34 projects worth $3.3bn for gender equality

The Ministry of International Cooperation has revealed that it is currently executing…

Nehal Samir

Court upholds death penalty against 2 men over killing woman in Cairo’s Maadi  

The fatal incident, which took place in the Cairo district of Maadi,…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt offers incentives for non-banking financial activities aimed at supporting women

FRA granted non-banking financial activities companies 50% reduction in development fee or…

Daily News Egypt

Sexual assault defendant handed 3-year sentence for misusing social media

Cairo’s Economic Court has sentenced sexual assault defendant Ahmed Bassam Zaki to…

Daily News Egypt

NCW, Plan International present recommendations to ensure protection of women from violence amid COVID-19

NCW, Plan International Egypt organize regional conference on violence against women and…

Nehal Samir

IFC partners with AmCham Egypt to support female employment

Under the initiative, IFC will launch a peer learning platform that brings…

Nehal Samir