Tag: women

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

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

Nehal Samir Nehal Samir

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 Nehal Samir

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 Daily News Egypt

Egypt injects EGP 9.1bn to fund women’s SMEs in almost 6 years

Country provides 623,500 loans for small, micro projects from July 2014 to…

Hossam Mounir Hossam Mounir

Opinion| COVID-19: A relapse on women’s rights or potential for further opportunities?

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked desolation around the whole world, affecting the…

Engee Soliman Engee Soliman

Al-Sisi directs government to reduce number of women imprisoned for debt in Egypt

President asserts that women are role models in various fields

Bassant Mohammed Bassant Mohammed

Honna art exhibition showcasing women artists launched at Manial Palace

On display at the week-long exhibition are more than 100 works of…

Nehal Samir Nehal Samir

1 in 3 women experience violence globally: WHO

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

Nehal Samir 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 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 Christine Arab