Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2017
Mrs. Ambassador Mirvat Talāwī, Director-General of the Arab Women Organization, participated in a panel discussion on the role of clerics and scientists in supporting women's empowerment.
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
The center for Coptic Studies at the Library of Alexandria has organized, today (Thursday), an annual day of Coptic Heritage. The Day of Coptic Heritage is organized in cooperation with the administration of private projects inside the Library, in the headquarters of Bayt al-Sanārī in...
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, talks in English about fundamentalism in Jordan, the people’s demand for reforms, a leader and their attitude toward Israel. In Arabic, she speaks about progress in the influence of women in politics.
Two unnamed...
Date of source: Friday, May 29, 2015
Hudā Badrān, the President of the General Council for Egyptian Women, condemned the campaign to disgrace women who do not wear the hijāb. The campaign is spreading over social media and is set to take place throughout Ramadan. Badrān criticized the campaign, saying that it contradicts the 2014...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī was born in Kafr Tahlah in Egypt's Delta, in 1931. Arab Women's Solidarity Association (AWSA) which was headed by al-Saʿdāwī came to existence as an international non-profit organization that aims at promoting Arab women's active participation in social, economic, cultural, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Hāla Muṣṭafā was born in Egypt in 1958, although Muṣṭafā was appointed to be a member of the new Policies Committee of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 2002, Muṣṭafā presents herself as an independent writer and thinker more than a party member. This commitment is reflected in her...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2016
The Secretariat of Women for the Egyptian Democratic Party held the second annual conference of women of the party called “Women and Parliament.” The President of the Egyptian Democratic Party asserted at the conference that political Islam does not impose any impediments on women. For his part,...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2016
‘Adil Labib, a local development minister, said that he was not convinced of appointing a woman as governor because many women are not qualified for such a job. Women living in rural regions in Egypt face many challenges because of the lack of education and social services available to them...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Five women’s rights activists released in China
On Monday, the Chinese police released five female human rights activists who were detained last month during International Women’s Day celebrations. The five women, who belong to a Chinese women’s rights association, will remain under police...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Al-Azhar: Calls to remove the veil is an assault on Muslim women
Al-Azhar declared its rejection of calls to remove the veil, which some journalists are encouraging, considering this to be an assault upon the dignity of Muslim women. It also declared that it is not permissible for men to ask women...