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Why world launches 16 days of activism against gender-based violence as of 25 November
43% of women in Egypt were exposed to psychological violence; 32% to physical violence; 12% to sexual violence; 17% to various forms of violence by husbands or fiancés; most common type of violence was physical violence from husband: CAPMAS
WFP, UN Women cooperating to shrink online knowledge gap on gender, food security
“Articles related to women represent only 4.2% of all articles on Arabic Wikipedia, compared to 15% on global website,” says El-Messiri
Gender inequality: A continuing crisis
In Egypt, men resistant to women working outside homes, participating in aspects of political, public life, study says
Gender inequality in film
Women are still at a disadvantage in the film industry, underrepresented in key creative positions, according to several equality-focused rights group, whose discourse has been coming back to the surface in recent years. Along with sexual harassment in the film industry, there is a huge gap in female representation in the media. The New York …
Gender pay gap: Noticeable presence, slow decline
Everybody works to make a living, yet, it is not uncommon to look at the salaries of men and women and find a gap between their incomes that is hard to overlook, a phenomenon that has been occurring almost everywhere across the world. According to an infographic chart recently published by the Organisation for Economic …
GIZ provides €700,000 for gender diversity in companies
7 Egyptian companies participate in Gender Diversity Management Programme
Women empowerment occurs when gender issues are placed within context of development: UN Women
This is the state we need to get to if we are to be serious about gender equality, says Miwa Kato
Sexual harassment in university campuses ‘endemic’: I Saw Harassment
Report indicates decline in reported cases of sexual harassment, rise in violations in universities and schools
Meem: An animation in the face of taboos
Meem, an average girl of no particular age or political and religious views, started speaking the minds of local women.
Violence against women still prevalent in Egypt: Amnesty International
Press briefing emphasises domestic, public, and state violence against women
Health ministry launches medical protocol for victims of gender-based violence
One in three women around the world has reported an experience of violence, 38% of all murder crimes against women were by their partners
Activists launch legal guide for homosexuals in Egypt
Guide discusses violations against homosexuals by the police, employers and people in public places
Between power and defeat: Men in Egyptian film
Some films have been critical about some forms of masculinity, offering an ‘ideal’ for men to aspire to
National Council for Women asks Al-Azhar to change curricula
Council to reform its branches in different Egyptian governorates
‘As if I brought it on myself’
Egyptian women share stories of gender discrimination, harassment, and abuse on BuSSy’s new blog
Combating sexual harassment should be presidential priority: I Saw Harassment
Anti-harassment campaign calls on incoming president to criminalise violence against women
Egypt is falling short of UN women’s rights standards: Al-Tallawi
National Council for Women chairman criticises western countries’ “double-standards” in addressing human rights during 58th UN Commission on Status of Women
Tunisia votes for gender equality in new charter
They are equal before the law without discrimination,” states article 20 of the new charter, which was approved by 159 lawmakers out the 169 who voted.
AUC Soccer Champion Shatters Gender Stereotypes
One of Farida’s role models is a soccer star who has helped dismantle stereotypes about female athletes — Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan of the US national women’s team, who is also a model and published author.
Street children: Gender matters
Street children are mostly discussed as if they were a homogeneous group, as if they had no age or gender, although it is evident that the experiences of a 5-year old boy in the street strongly differ from those of a teenage girl. Street children are not ageless, and they are not genderless. They have different backgrounds and experiences, different problems and certainly, different needs. The difference in treatment between genders is a good place to start.
Al-Nour party against adding a constitutional article on gender equality
Party member says party’s against allocating quotas for minorities in constitution
The land of few men
This is what I have dubbed Egypt years ago, to the chagrin of some of my guy friends and agreement of others. Egypt-mostly- is not a very healthy society with regards to interaction between women and men. A clear example is simply walking down the street; cat-calls, sexual insinuation and at times groping are the …
Women’s groups meet to discuss constitution
Child marriage and seats in parliament among topics discussed
The future for Egypt’s women is in legislations, experts say
Experts say much depends on how women are to be addressed in constitution, currently being amended
Moving forward to end violence against women
By Lakshmi Puri Last year, as rebels captured the main towns in Northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase of rapes in the first week of the takeover of Gao and Kidal, places where most women never report this kind of violence to anyone, not even health practitioners. We heard stories of …
The Second Winter Arab Youth Seminar
The seminar will address gender equality, civic education, intercultural dialogue, and volunteerism
Gender equality only within provisions of Shari’a, says constituent assembly
The gender equality article publicly denounced by several political parties and interest groups