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

Will Egypt’s new law prohibiting underage marriage see the light of day?

117k children in age group from 10 to 17 years are married…

Nehal Samir

Swedish Embassy in Cairo celebrates Women’s Day with successful female role models

Gender equality is global challenge which requires cooperation between countries

Nehal Samir

South Korea accelerates cooperation for gender equality in Egypt

Appreciating the efforts and achievements of the Egyptian government for gender equality…

Daily News Egypt

Art D’Égypte features 16 Egyptian female artists in ‘Ma’aradha’ exhibition

Ma’aradha is being held in celebration of International Women’s Month and to…

Nehal Samir

‘Stand Up’ movement in Egypt to fight against street harassment

Programme helps teach safe self-defence, response mechanisms to use in case of…

Nehal Samir

NCW presents ‘Egypt’s Global Perspective: Women, Environment, & Climate Change’ on CSW66

‘Decent Life’ dedicates EGP 800bn to 58 million citizens, 50% of whom…

Daily News Egypt

Spanish Ambassador praises Egypt for promoting women’s rights

“We can only welcome the firm gender policy measures taken by the…

Nehal Samir

3 Egyptian women scientists honoured for their outstanding work by L’Oréal-UNESCO

Balance between social life, career is biggest challenge facing women in scientific…

Nehal Samir

Opinion| A sustainable feminist recovery

The pandemic has highlighted even more starkly an age-old truth: the roots…

António Guterres

‘Your digital safety matters to us’: New campaign for protection against electronic harassment, blackmail

In Egypt, recently two cases suicide due to the electronic blackmail, the…

Nehal Samir