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92% of Married Women in Egypt Have Undergone Female Genital Mutilation
Famous photograph taken by a CNN reporter in the 1990s of female genital mutilation being performed in Egypt by a ‘health barber’. Egypt’s Minister of Health Adel Adawy announced on Sunday that 92...
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From The Roots Of Harassment To The Routes Of Combat
In the bustling streets of Cairo, with its echoing noises of life and its pounding stories of perseverance, an awakening is happening. Young minds are starting to understand the power of community....
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Egypt’s First Free Breast Cancer Hospital
Credit: Aya Nader By Aya Nader, Daily News Egypt Egypt is now host to the Middle East’s first hospital specifically designed for the early detection of breast cancer. The hospital, called Baheya, aims...
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Policeman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Raping Mentally Ill Teenager in Egypt
An Egyptian court has sentneced a policeman to life in prison for the rape of a 17-year-old teenage woman, reported state media Al-Ahram. The Giza Criminal Court sentenced the officer, Khaled...
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Egypt Plans to Reduce Female Genital Mutilation Among Teenagers to 15 Percent
A strategic plan will be implemented to reduce Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) rate among teenagers in Egypt from 60 to 15 percent over 5 years, in coordination with the United Nations Population Fund...
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Egyptian Girls Fight Taboos Through Music
The album’s cover displays a woman with face piercings, something that is highly unacceptable in the Egyptian society By Nayera Yasser, Daily News Egypt The spot light on three girls, faces that could...
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Meet The Nine Muslim Women Who Have Ruled Nations
When hearing about women’s rights in the Muslim world, the assumed story is often exclusively one of oppression, marginalisation and lack of power. However, many often forget that eight countries have...
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Egyptian Courts To See The Appointment Of More Female Judges
At a press conference on Saturday Minister of Justice Ahmed Al-Zind announced the appointment of a group of Egyptian women as presiding judges in the Courts of First Instance – only the third such...
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Egypt Launches First Anti-Harassment TV Ad
HarrassMap – a volunteer-based initiative aiming to tackle sexual harassment in Egypt – has launched the country’s first anti-sexual harassment campaign to be aired on television and radio. The media...
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Girls in the Fast Lane: Meet Palestine’s All-Female Racing Team
The all female racing team is the first of its kind in the Arab world “How much will we let the occupation affect our lives? What are we supposed to do, stop living?” exclaims a woman’s voice against...
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Egypt swears in 26 new female judges
Egypt’s High Court Egypt’s judiciary has sworn in 26 Egyptian women as presiding judges in the Courts of First Instance. This is the third batch of female judges to be appointed in Egypt’s judiciary,...
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From Minya To The Big Screen: A Cinematic Tale Of Female Heroism
Mohanad Diab’s film “Tahra’s Life” was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival The screening of Egyptian filmmaker Mohanad Diab’s short documentary Tahra’s Life at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival was...
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A Girl Mechanic’s Perspective Of Egyptian Society
Credit: Foong Wai/Behance For twenty-something years, a 1981 Chevrolet Blazer had been abandoned on Tahrir Street, a notoriously overpopulated, polluted and rowdy street in Cairo, Egypt. The car,...
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Egypt’s First Free Breast Cancer Hospital Launches #PinkRamadan Campaign
Customers at stores participating in #PinkRamadan will be encouraged to buy a pink ribbon in support of the cause Egypt’s first free breast cancer hospital has launched a Ramadan campaign to raise...
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Women Activists Demonstrate Against Protest Law at Egypt’s Presidential Palace
Sanaa Seif, who was at the protest, with Alaa Abdel Fattah in August 2014 A group of female activists held a protest outside Ittihadiya Presidential Palace on Sunday to call for the release of the...
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Documentary Exposes Harassment And Physical Abuse At Ladies’ Factory
Mansura Espana Garment workers occupied their factory in 2008. Credit: Hossam elHamalawy By Nayera Yasser “I wish I were a man. If I were a man, I would have done many things. I dreamt of many things...
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UN Women and Cairo’s Tuk-Tuk Drivers Join Together to Fight Sexual Harassment
By Omnia Talal Tuktuk driver Mohamed Shaaban was contacted by a civil society organisation, offering him a chance to participate in a workshop for tuktuk drivers. Tuktuks are three-wheeler vehicles...
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Government’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Eid Initiative Draws Mixed Reactions
Recent statements made by Colonel Manal Atef, who heads the department in the Interior Ministry specifically set up to tackle violence against women, revealed a series of more stringent measures to...
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84 Arrested for Sexual Harassment During Eid in Cairo
Egypt’s police have arrested 84 individuals during the first two days of Eid al-Fitr in Cairo for sexual harassment, announced the Ministry of Interior. According to Major General Khaled Abdel Aal,...
View ArticleViral Video Shows Egyptian Policewoman Arresting Sexual Harasser
A video showing a policewoman arresting a sexual harasser outside a cinema in Cairo has gone viral in Egypt, with many on social media praising the initiative to employ more policewomen to tackle...
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