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Semenya to run in Doha as storm rages over new IAAF rules
Middle East
May 2, 2019
Semenya to run in Doha as storm rages over new IAAF rules
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800-metres on Friday before the International Association…
Landmark verdict due in Semenya’s case against IAAF
World
May 1, 2019
Landmark verdict due in Semenya’s case against IAAF
The world’s sports court will decide Wednesday on South African runner Caster Semenya’s challenge against rules regulating testosterone in female…
Men and women compete in first professional mixed event
Middle East
April 4, 2019
Men and women compete in first professional mixed event
(Reuters) – Men and women are competing against each other in a professional golf tournament for the first time at…
Iceland ranks first among best countries for women: Report
Society
March 9, 2019
Iceland ranks first among best countries for women: Report
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Index 2018 revealed that Iceland had the smallest gender gap in the…
Video: Sexual harasser sentenced to 3yrs in jail in Egypt’s Qena
Egypt
February 18, 2018
Video: Sexual harasser sentenced to 3yrs in jail in Egypt’s Qena
A court in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena has sentenced a man accused of committing an act of sexual…
New cabinet has 6 female ministers for the first time in Egypt’s history
Egypt
January 15, 2018
New cabinet has 6 female ministers for the first time in Egypt’s history
“The merciful heart of the revolution,” a title given by late President Gamal Abdel Nasser to Hikmat Abu Zaid, the…
For moms of boys, mixed emotions over sexual misconduct saga
World
January 10, 2018
For moms of boys, mixed emotions over sexual misconduct saga
Of the many American women dismayed by the wave of sexual misconduct scandals, there’s a subgroup with distinctive hopes and…
Girls only kite-surfing camp to launch this September in Gouna
Features/Interviews
July 14, 2017
Girls only kite-surfing camp to launch this September in Gouna
Much has been said in Egypt about sports being a man’s domain, and it’s no secret that kite-surfing falls under…
42.5% of divorced women have been subjected to psychological abuse by their former husbands: CAPMAS
Egypt
June 15, 2017
42.5% of divorced women have been subjected to psychological abuse by their former husbands: CAPMAS
A study prepared by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on the prevalence of violence against Egyptian…
Education Ministry faces heat after deleting unveiled feminist from textbooks
Egypt
January 13, 2013
Education Ministry faces heat after deleting unveiled feminist from textbooks
The picture of a women's rights pioneer was deleted from a high school textbook because she was not wearing a…