domestic violence
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Egypt
October 13, 2010
Soaring divorce rates threaten Egypt with ‘collapse,’ minister warns
Family and Population Minister Moushira Khattab warned this week that soaring national divorce rates threatened Egyptian society with "collapse.”
TV announcer to face trial for killing wife
Egypt
July 22, 2010
TV announcer to face trial for killing wife
The Attorney General on Wednesday referred television announcer Ehab Salah Saeed, 45, to a criminal court on charges of murdering…
Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?
Egypt
July 2, 2010
Women’s rights: Legal reforms or social change?
Ten years after a series of legal reforms in Egypt’s personal status laws, more is needed according to women rights…
UN official: Human trafficking still poses challenge for Egypt
Egypt
April 22, 2010
UN official: Human trafficking still poses challenge for Egypt
Egypt is actively combating human trafficking by adopting appropriate legislation, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the UN's special rapporteur on trafficking in…
Swiss region ready to pay compensation to Qadhafi son
World
March 18, 2010
Swiss region ready to pay compensation to Qadhafi son
Geneva--A Swiss regional government said Wednesday it was ready to pay compensation to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi…
Exhibit opens door on Lebanon’s secret, domestic violence
World
December 13, 2009
Exhibit opens door on Lebanon’s secret, domestic violence
Through the blurry self-portraits and dark images fused with symbolism they silently share the torment, anger and fear they have…