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“Music for Development” concert aims to promote women empowerment
Culture
July 18, 2018
“Music for Development” concert aims to promote women empowerment
Gender inequality is a prevalent problem in Egyptian society. Due to the mixed factors of the lack of education and…
600,000 women in Egypt married before legal age of consent
Life & Style
May 18, 2017
600,000 women in Egypt married before legal age of consent
A study prepared by the International Population Council, in collaboration with the National Council for Population and Development and Assiut…
Pregnant at 15: The story of Romania’s teenage mothers
Life & Style
May 4, 2016
Pregnant at 15: The story of Romania’s teenage mothers
“God has given me a beautiful little girl.
Egypt cancels reservations on African Child Rights Charter
Egypt
November 27, 2015
Egypt cancels reservations on African Child Rights Charter
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree withdrawing Egypt's reservations on some articles in the 1990 African Charter on the…
Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior
Life & Style
October 12, 2015
Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior
Singing and dancing as she performs in a school assembly, Younis looks for all the world like a typical Kenyan…
Afghan teen uses rap to escape forced marriage
Life & Style
October 12, 2015
Afghan teen uses rap to escape forced marriage
Spring break is over and campus is bustling, but all Sonita Alizadeh can think of is the brutal murder of…
NCW condemns Gharbiya engagement, offers nationwide assistance
Egypt
September 15, 2015
NCW condemns Gharbiya engagement, offers nationwide assistance
The National Council for Women (NCW) condemned the engagement of a 9-year old child to her teenage cousin in Gharbiya…
Marry me…thank you!
Books
November 6, 2010
Marry me…thank you!
Etgawezni Shokran (Marry Me…Thank you); a short book by Omnia Fawzy was launched on 4 November with a book signing…