Women

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Latest Women News

Women receive 70% of British Council’s Newton Mosharafa PhD scholarships in 2020-2021

Programme is co-financed between UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,…

Nehal Samir

Opinion| CEDAW and the challenges of globalisation

This comes especially after the Hamdouk Transitional Government in Sudan announced its…

Marwa El- Shinawy

Women more affected than men by depression: Egyptian Psychiatric Association

Over 264 million people around world of all ages suffer from depression

Daily News Egypt

‘MySafeUni Day’ highlights fight against sexual harassment in universities

Event led by students, alumni, and wider AUC community, featured speakers from…

Daily News Egypt

34 projects worth $3.3bn aim to achieve gender equality in Egypt: Al-Mashat

Egypt was first country globally to launch 2030 women strategy

Daily News Egypt

1 in 3 women experience violence globally: WHO

While numbers reveal alarmingly high rates of violence against women and girls,…

Nehal Samir

National Council for Women receives highest number of complaints/inquiries in 2020: Chairperson

80% of women’s complaints in 2020 were about economic difficulties they faced…

Nehal Samir

Egyptto review its experience of women’s empowerment at UN

Egypt participates in 65th session of UN Commission on Status of Women

Sami Hegazi

Opinion| Women at the centre of COVID-19 response

And COVID-19 will continue to have far-reaching impact on the hard-won gender…

Christine Arab

International Cooperation Minister among 9 Egyptian women to receive Champions of Change Award

The awarding ceremony was held on Thursday morning, at the residence of…

Daily News Egypt