Women

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Latest Women News

Young Egyptian women technical, vocational education: aspirations, challenges

Over 700,000 female students enrolled in TSE in academic year 2015/16, says…

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NCW signs cooperation protocol with AccorHotels to support women 

Over 35% AccorHotels employees are women

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Aim to form specialised front to treat breast cancer: Baheya

Most common cancer type among women is breast cancer, about 38% of…

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StreetPal helps women fight sexual harassment

Hope to run the application abroad in 2020, says StreetPal cofounder

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Our only weapon now is Arab solidarity: Mervat Al-Talawy

Number of female POWs reached 52 in occupation’s prisons, says Palestine's representative…

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Deprivation of inheritance is form of violence against women: NCW president

Inheritance law very important as women are victims most vulnerable to this…

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When women work

According to a report released by Egypt’s Central Administration for Mobilisation and…

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Palestinian women’s market: reviving an abandoned heritage 

The annual market organised by Palestinian Women’s Union sells handmade products made…

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Our priority is to empower women: UN Women regional director Naciri

Mohamed Naciri, regional director of UN Women—Arab states/North Africa, said that one…

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The FAWE laureate of $1m the “2017 cycle of the Al-Sumait Prize” in the field of education 

The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), based in Nairobi, Kenya, received…

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