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ANITAB.ORG Announces First Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration In Europe, Middle East, And Africa

The world's largest gathering of women technologists expands its reach with an…

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Egypt, UN Women discuss joint cooperation to streamline women’s empowerment efforts

The discussions also sought to lay down future areas of cooperation to…

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Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries denied bodily autonomy: UNFPA

Violations include rape, forced sterilisation, virginity tests, FGM, and more

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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,…

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Opinion| CEDAW and the challenges of globalisation

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

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Women more affected than men by depression: Egyptian Psychiatric Association

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

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‘MySafeUni Day’ highlights fight against sexual harassment in universities

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

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

Egypt was first country globally to launch 2030 women strategy

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1 in 3 women experience violence globally: WHO

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

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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…

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