Egypt’s rule of law: Strong on paper, shakier on the ground
Earlier this month, Egypt’s cabinet passed a law confronting one of the…
Parties and civil society organisations decry marginalisation of women in country’s transition
Statement calls on committee tasked with amending election legislation to hold dialogue…
A world free of wartime rape is within our reach
By Zainab Hawa Bangura Conflict-related sexual violence is a war crime mired…
Women From Egypt: A new exhibition by Helmy El Touni
Helmy El Touni depicts Egyptian women going about their daily lives
Saudi end to girls’ sports ‘welcome’: HRW
AFP- Human Rights Watch welcomed Saturday a recommendation by Saudi Arabia’s consultative…
Running for sexism
Running has long been used to promote causes; fighting cancer, eradicating poverty,…
Egypt is falling short of UN women’s rights standards: Al-Tallawi
National Council for Women chairman criticises western countries’ “double-standards” in addressing human…
From sexual harassment to sexual liberation
At the heart of Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic lies an out-of-date and…
Ban calls for progress as UN commission on women opens
The commission, which brings together officials from the UN's 193 member states…