women
Women’s Council honors 1st Upper Egyptian woman to take sexual assaulter to court
Egypt
March 7, 2018
Women’s Council honors 1st Upper Egyptian woman to take sexual assaulter to court
Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) honored on Monday Rania Fahmy after she became the first woman from Upper Egypt…
Democrats, women candidates score big in Texas primaries
World
March 7, 2018
Democrats, women candidates score big in Texas primaries
Women running for Congress surged to big wins and Democrats smashed recent turnout levels in Texas’ first-in-the-nation 2018 primary elections,…
MPs mock harassment claims as #MeToo falls flat in Russia
World
March 7, 2018
MPs mock harassment claims as #MeToo falls flat in Russia
Sofia Rusova was a young political journalist in a provincial Russian city when a lawmaker pursued her with sexual text…
UN: Child marriage dropped significantly in previous decade
World
March 6, 2018
UN: Child marriage dropped significantly in previous decade
The children’s agency UNICEF welcomed the new findings, but said “we’ve got a long way to go.” The new figures…
Saudi Arabia: Critics slam human trafficking of Moroccan ‘maids for sale’
Middle East
March 1, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Critics slam human trafficking of Moroccan ‘maids for sale’
Controversy surrounds Saudi Twitter ads depicting Moroccan women for sale as domestic servants in the oil-rich kingdom. The case has…
In patriarchal Japan, saying ‘Me Too’ can be risky for women
World
February 28, 2018
In patriarchal Japan, saying ‘Me Too’ can be risky for women
Japanese women who say “Me too” do so at their own risk. Online comments accused Rika Shiiki of lying and…
Islam allows women to propose to ‘good’ men: Azhar cleric
Life & Style
February 21, 2018
Islam allows women to propose to ‘good’ men: Azhar cleric
A high-ranking cleric and member of the Fatwa committee of the Sunni world’s main Islamic institution Al-Azhar Ahmed Refa’at said…
Teenage FGM rates in Egypt drop 13% in six years
Egypt
February 19, 2018
Teenage FGM rates in Egypt drop 13% in six years
The National Population Council said this week that the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among teenage girls aged 15-17 dropped…
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…
MP submits draft law for state-loans supporting marriage for young people
Egypt
February 15, 2018
MP submits draft law for state-loans supporting marriage for young people
Aiming to mitigate the high rates of unmarried young people in Egypt, MP Atta Selim, who is a member of…