All posts tagged "women’s rights"

An Egyptian man in his twenties was sentenced to six months imprisonment for allegedly appearing naked on...

A Qatari court convicted a Dutch woman of adultery after she reported to Qatari police that she...

By Aya Nader, BECAUSE Eighteen year old Egyptian Fatma* got married to a Jordanian rich man in...

A teenage Egyptian girl died on Sunday after undergoing female genital mutilation at a private hospital in...

“Are women discouraged from achieving their dreams in Egypt?” That is a question a group of American...

Shocking reports have revealed that 250 girls in Iraq have been “executed” by ISIS for “refusing to...

I remember how I wrote my suicide letter and had the knife to my wrist. My beautiful...

In a statement released by the Egyptian NGO Nazra For Feminist Studies on Wednesday, 57 organizations from...

By Farah Khairat and Sara Elmessiry In some countries, womanhood is honored and held in incredibly high regard....

An Egyptian court has revoked the medical license of Raslan Fadl a year after he was found...

Female taxi drivers continue to break taboos and stereotypes. One woman took it even further, working as...

Female genital mutilation among Egyptian girls aged 15 to 19 has declined by a significant 27 percent...

By Dina Wahba When I first started studying gender I was very provoked by the position taken...

“Just follow all the others,” says the doorman at a large office building when asked for directions to...

German police have been accused of covering up claims of sexual assault and harassment during New  Year’s...

By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt A girl’s wedding night is believed to be the happiest in...

The Egyptian Health Ministry has launched a five-year plan aimed to reduce the prevalence of female genital...