women
Meet Nadia, Egypt’s first female boxing coach
Life & Style
June 29, 2015
Meet Nadia, Egypt’s first female boxing coach
Her mental strength was behind her decision to choose boxing as a sport and ten years earlier Nadia Abdel Hamid,…
Women group lauds Alexandria’s appointment of female municipality head
Egypt
June 23, 2015
Women group lauds Alexandria’s appointment of female municipality head
A women empowerment organization has hailed the appointment of Alexandria’s first female municipality head, calling for further similar decisions to…
Film industry ‘not an even playing field’ for women, Kidman says
Cinema/TV
June 17, 2015
Film industry ‘not an even playing field’ for women, Kidman says
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has called for more opportunities to be created for women in film, describing the industry…
26 new female judges take oath
Egypt
June 16, 2015
26 new female judges take oath
Egypt’s judiciary has sworn in 26 new female judges as per a decree by Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend. The new batch…
‘Pink taxis’ promise Egyptian women comfy rides without fear of sexual harassment
Life & Style
June 16, 2015
‘Pink taxis’ promise Egyptian women comfy rides without fear of sexual harassment
Dina, a housewife who lives in Cairo, says she often shies away from taking public transportation – or taxis driven…
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Egypt
June 2, 2015
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Activists from Hamalat al-Tamadon (Campaigns for Modernization) launched a campaign on Monday, denouncing the situation of women in Iraq under the…
CAPMAS: 50% of female deaths blamed on circulatory diseases
Egypt
May 28, 2015
CAPMAS: 50% of female deaths blamed on circulatory diseases
The death rate among women reached 5.5 for every 1,000 women in 2013, according to the Central Agency for Public…
Youth launches “Male’s Scream” campaign to defend women’s rights
Life & Style
May 27, 2015
Youth launches “Male’s Scream” campaign to defend women’s rights
A group of young adults have decided to launch a campaign that tackles women's issues and rights. Launched on the group’s…
UN: Women underpaid, or unpaid, in $500 billion fishing industry
World
May 19, 2015
UN: Women underpaid, or unpaid, in $500 billion fishing industry
Women make up nearly half of international fisheries workers, but they are often paid far less than their male counterparts…
UN Women, ENACTUS organize competition for anti-violence projects
Egypt
May 13, 2015
UN Women, ENACTUS organize competition for anti-violence projects
UN Women and world entrepreneurship development organization ENACTUS organized on May 11 in Cairo a second competition for projects aimed at combating…