Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
This article pertains to the status of Human Rights in Egypt, through the reporting of the US-based Human Rights Watch. A report from the HRW states that human rights in Egypt are deteriorating for a number of different groups throughout the country. Religious discrimination of Copts and Baha’is...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Egyptian Ministry of Justice has implemented amendments to the law to increase the security of women and children against kidnappings and rape.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Marwá al-Shirbīnī’s funeral steals the limelight in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Maria Graversen attended a seminar at AUC about female domestic workers in Egypt and reports on what she learnt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2008
Farouk writes about the case of a women who brought a sexual harasser to court and the broader social issues which surround sexual harassment increasing in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A Muslim girl has died from injuries sustained after jumping out of a minibus, to avoid being molested by men.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.
Date of source: Monday, October 7, 2002
The mother of a 13-year-old Dutch girl claims that eight Turkish persons raped her daughter because she refused to go out with them for a ride and preferred to accompany some Moroccan friends.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
According to recent statistics, one in three Turkish women are subjected to physical domestic violence.
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
There is a wide-ranged white slavery [sex traffic] affair that afflicts countries like Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Romania, on different levels. Dr. Sema Erder, a Turkish researcher in the social sciences, commented saying that the targeted women in sex slavery are young...