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Military forces dragging a female protester, as they disperse protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, December 17,2011. Violent clashes erupted yesterday between army and protesters which left 9 killed, and more than 350 injured.
UN's Bachelet deplores Egyptian attacks on women
Reuters 23 Dec 2011
The head of the UN women's agency voiced serious concern on Thursday about the treatment of women and children by...
Women's groups relaunch Egyptian Feminist Union
Mette Eriksen 18 Oct 2011
Egyptian women’s organizations announced Saturday the reestablishment of the Egyptian Feminist Union, a group...
A policewoman engaged with a man amid women actvisits participating in May 3 March, Cairo, May 3, 2010. Earlier, scores of civil society representatives and NGO's had organized what is known as May 3 March in park next to Omar Makram Mosque, Tahrir Square, in protest to government's inaction to introduce constitutional amendments and put an end to Emergency Law. The Ministry of Interior dismissed a demand by MP's to participate in march and imposed tight security in and around streets in central Cairo.
Arab Women's Association forms political party
Yomna Mokhtar 16 Oct 2011
The Arab Women's Association submitted an application on Sunday for the formation of a political party, to be named...