women

A 38-year-old woman has become Afghanistan’s first female taxi driver, breaking with the traditional, Islamic full-body veil (burqa) donned by…

Eliminating legal restrictions on women’s economic and work opportunities could secure Egypt a 34-percent increase in its gross domestic product,…

With the 2015 parliamentary elections quickly approaching, many are concerned that female representation at this parliament will be weak. According…

Cairo will host on 2 and 3 February a high-profile Arab conference on justice and equality for women in the…

 A group of women protested in Cairo on Thursday against the death of Shaimaa Sabbagh and around 25 other activists…

From scientific studies to sitcoms, society portrays men as wired to prefer sexual flings and spurn commitment, and evolution wanted…

Gamalat Suleiman has never read about women’s rights or joined any of the rights groups. The axe, that she held…

Women in authority appear to be more vulnerable to depression than their male counterparts, a study by sociologists in the…

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that the unemployment rate in 2013 stood at 13.2 percent…

Interim President Adly Mansour has called on Egyptian women to take part in the referendum on the newly amended Constitution. In…