Egyptian girls fight taboos through music
“We did not only tell our stories, we also shared our friends’…
Zawya discusses impact of Turkish soap operas on Arab women
The film links parts of the former Ottoman country in an attempt…
Cairo anti-sexual harassment initiative traces group assault case during Sham El-Nessim
“Guys place bets on whoever harasses women most,” says founder of ‘I…
Foreign ministry reviews Egypt’s human rights
The statement tackled the subjects of children, women and inmates rights
Egypt’s International Women’s Day usually celebrated in marches demanding rights
2015’s new demands add up to old unachieved ones
Health ministry launches medical protocol for victims of gender-based violence
One in three women around the world has reported an experience of…
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…
Tribal elders in India order gang-rape of woman: police
A 20-year-old village woman was gang-raped on orders from tribal elders who…
Saudi warns women against defying driving ban
Activists have called on social networks for Saudi women to go behind…
The dirty word
By Nesreen Salem On behalf of the Egyptian Women’s Union, I flew…