women empowerment
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
Features/Interviews
August 24, 2019
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
Lately, a wave of campaigns encouraging women empowerment in Egypt have begun to prop up, hoping to bring change in…
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Science
June 15, 2019
Womankind’s giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Who will take the giant leap for womankind? More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, NASA…
Artist pays homage to Queen Nefertiti in exhibition empowering women
Features/Interviews
April 20, 2019
Artist pays homage to Queen Nefertiti in exhibition empowering women
Egyptian artist Hossam Dirar has opened up a new exhibition centered around Queen Nefertiti in Zamalek, aiming to honor not…
Egypt to host Women Economic Forum in 2020
Egypt
April 14, 2019
Egypt to host Women Economic Forum in 2020
President of the National Council of Women (NCW) Maya Morsi said that Egypt would host the Women Economic Forum (WEF)…
Egypt still suffers from the gender gap: minister
Society
April 10, 2019
Egypt still suffers from the gender gap: minister
Egypt is still at a low level internationally in regards to closing the gender gap, Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly said…
Projects targeted to Egyptian women rose to 69% in 2018: World Bank
Society
March 20, 2019
Projects targeted to Egyptian women rose to 69% in 2018: World Bank
A World Bank official announced on Tuesday that small projects targeting Egyptian women rose to 69 percent in 2018. Senior…
Egypt wins 2nd place for Arab Women’s Studies Award
Egypt
December 20, 2018
Egypt wins 2nd place for Arab Women’s Studies Award
Egypt won the second place in the Arab Women’s Studies Award for the “Survey of the Economic Cost of Gender-Based…
Thousands protest in ‘feminist tidal wave’ against sexist violence
Society
November 25, 2018
Thousands protest in ‘feminist tidal wave’ against sexist violence
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Europe on Saturday against sexist violence, with more than 30,000 turning out…
Egyptian women challenge social norms by practicing Parkour
Egypt
July 24, 2018
Egyptian women challenge social norms by practicing Parkour
A group of Egyptian women gather at an abandoned park in a Cairo suburb once a week, climbing walls…
“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…