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

Female participation in workforce remains low despite achievements

Contribution of women aged 15 and above to workforce was just 14.3%…

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UK joins ‘Kemama’ campaign for socio-economic empowerment of Upper Egypt’s women

Campaign has already had real success in helping vulnerable communities protect themselves…

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2021 International Women’s Day highlights transformative power of equal participation: UN

COVID-19 pandemic has erased decades of progress towards gender equality, UN says

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JICA to continue supporting Egypt’s educational reforms to boost women’s empowerment, gender equality

The agency’s emphasis of support came in a press statement on the…

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March: The month of celebrating women

Egyptian women obtained right to vote, run in elections in March 1956…

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Egypt launches ‘Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator’ action plan

Year 2021 is time to build back better, more inclusive world, says…

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Egypt’s National Council for Women launches awareness campaign on nutrition education

Campaign aims to educate Egyptian women how to identify non-hydrogenated products

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Opinion| WOW festival calls for rewriting history from feminist perspective

The festival is considered a global women's movement launched by British director…

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FGM in Egypt: Culture goes through sea change as law revolutionises

Egypt’s girls and women taking firm stand against genital mutilation to change…

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New initiative highlights achievements of Egyptian women abroad

‘We are living in golden age with positions and privileges offered to…

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