Items related to women's rights

National Council for Women appoints new secretary general
Egypt Independent 26 Mar 2012
In a move that might ease criticism waged against the Mubarak-era organization, the head of the National Council for...
Women take part in a pro-independence rally in Algiers in 1960. Algerian women played a major role in the war of independence from France, but their sacrifice has yet to earn them equal status with men half a century later.
Equality eludes Algerian women after 50 years
AFP 20 Mar 2012
Algerian women played a major role in the war of independence from France, but their sacrifice has yet to earn them...
An Egyptian state owned TV set manufacturing plant, where out of 600 employees nearly 1/2 are women. (Photo by Grey Villet/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)  
Women's movement: A stop at Egypt's socialist era
Ahmed Zaki Osman 19 Mar 2012
Grey Villet (1927–2000), a South African-born photographer, was in Cairo in 1963 to capture scenes of Egypt under...
The embattled new National Council for Women
Steven Viney 18 Mar 2012
Since the beginning of this year, the National Council for Women has continually been brought into question by...
Moroccan women demand reform after rape victim's suicide
AFP 17 Mar 2012
Some 200 Moroccan women staged an angry protest Saturday outside parliament a week after the suicide of a 16-year-old...
Independent MP proposes draft law to limit women’s right to divorce
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2012
An independent MP has joined the heated debate over women’s rights by suggesting a controversial draft law to...
Hundreds in Cairo protest against acquittal of virginity tests defendant
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Mar 2012
About 300 men and women protested outside the High Court of Justice Friday to decry the acquittal of a military doctor...
Mervat el-Talawi,former minister of social affairs in government of Kamal el-Ganzori
National Council for Women demands women's rights be ensured in new constitution
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Mar 2012
The National Council for Women (NCW) outlined some of the women’s rights it is demanding to be included in the...
Women of Egypt: Dina Abouelsoud
Alison Tahmizian Meuse 14 Mar 2012
To enter Dina’s Hostel is to enter a space of calm, cleanliness and unobtrusive hospitality. Mohamed, one of Dina...
Samira Ibrahim, an Egyptian woman who brought the case against an army doctor accused of conducting forced "virginity tests" on female protesters last year, breaks into tears outside a military court, Cairo, March 11, 2012, after hearing that he was acquitted. Adel was accused of "public indecency" and "disobeying military orders", after the initial charge of rape had been dropped, in a case that had sparked a national outcry.
Rights groups: Virginity test ruling opens up SCAF to international prosecution
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Mar 2012
  The ruling that acquitted the military doctor who allegedly carried out virginity tests on female protesters...