All posts tagged "National Council for Women"

By Amina Abdel-Halim and Marina Makary Although mental health issues affect an estimated one in four people...

Former Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University, Mabrouk Attia, is facing strong condemnation...

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) announced on Tuesday, 19 April the inauguration of the Safe...

The Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) announced artist Sawsan Badr as the recipient of the Isis...

The story of 17-year-old Basant Khaled from Kafr El Zayat village in Egypt’s Gharbia governorate, who died...

The Egyptian House of Representatives announced on Monday 4 October its decision to appoint Ambassador Moushira Khattab...

Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) issued a statement earlier today condemning the murder of a woman...

Prominent Egyptian women’s advocate Dr Farkhonda Hassan passed away at the age of 90, announced Egypt’s National...

Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced on Thursday afternoon that police had arrested accused rapist Amir Zayed as he...

On Friday 21 February 2014, on the twentieth floor of the five-star Fairmont Nile City hotel, young...

  The National Committee for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), headed by the National Council...

The Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) launched the first lecture of the online training course under...

The historic Biblioteca Alexandrina shined with orange lights last night to mark the beginning of the global...

In a gesture that garnered support from countless social media users, Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemned sexual harassment, its...

The rate of sexual harassment in Egypt was only 9.6 percent in 2016, and the claims stating that...

Raping girls who wear ripped jeans and harassing them is a “national duty”, Egyptian infamous lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh said...

A controversial decision by human rights organisation Amnesty International to vote in favour of decriminalising sex work...