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Business
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Economy
5/23/2023 5:59:39 PM
Over three days, the Forbes Middle East Women’s Summit held in Saudi Arabia has been shedding light on the leadership role women in the Middle East region are playing in businesses, touching upon equality, entrepreneurship, and empowerment as key areas women have notable contributions across, as well as exploring solutions that invest in the future of women in the region.
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Opinion
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5/8/2023 5:58:12 PM
Concerns about population growth reflect anxieties about equality, conflict, the economy, health and education, and their solutions should be driven by the goal of promoting gender equality and empowering women.
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Business
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Economy
5/4/2023 12:54:39 PM
Egypt hosted on Wednesday the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) summit on Law and Gender Conference, with a focus on the interplay between the private sector and the judiciary in advancing women’s economic participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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Opinion
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5/1/2023 12:27:51 PM
Gender equality and fair treatment of women and girls is a moral imperative, but global data analytics, evidence and experience clearly demonstrate that including women also fosters economic growth and stability, especially in times of fiscal challenges.
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World
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International
4/10/2023 2:24:56 PM
The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan's northwestern Herat province, an official said Monday. The moves followed complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about mixing of genders in such places, he said.
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Opinion
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3/28/2023 4:04:14 PM
Theresa J. Whitmarsh, former CEO of the Washington State Investment Board, once said, “If you exclude 50 percent of the talent pool, it is no wonder you find yourself in a war for talent.”
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Sports
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Omni sports
3/23/2023 11:47:20 PM
The decision taken by World Athletics on Thursday to ban male-to-female transgender athletes from women's competition is likely to have a wider effect on global sports.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
3/15/2023 10:51:32 PM
Canada, Sweden and Mexico presented nine Egyptian women with "Champions of Change" awards to appreciate their contributions to gender equality and national development in a celebration to mark Egyptian Women's Day, which falls on the 16th of March every year.
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World
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International
3/6/2023 2:31:06 PM
Women have a harder time accessing work globally than previously thought, while the gender gap in working conditions and pay has barely budged in two decades, the United Nations said Monday.
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World
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International
12/29/2022 5:52:22 PM
Spain's interior minister denounced Thursday a "dreadful" surge in gender violence which has seen nine women killed in December, mainly by their partners, making it the deadliest month this year.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 4:22:14 PM
Monday’s Gender Day at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh featured invaluable panels gathering women leaders, entrepreneurs and policy makers to address gender gaps and find the best solutions to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on women.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/14/2022 10:30:00 PM
Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/14/2022 7:08:27 PM
Women have leadership qualities and the ability to solve problems, which makes their participation in development and climate action indispensable, said UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Mahmoud Mohieldin.
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Egypt
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Defence
10/13/2022 7:02:49 PM
The Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) hosted a three-day training course to educate Arab peacekeepers on gender-responsive peace operations.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/29/2022 11:03:16 PM
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Egypt Hong Jinwook paid a visit to the Upper Egypt governorates of Minya, Assiut and Sohag to explore possible cooperation, especially when it comes to cultural heritage, development, education and gender equality.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
8/23/2022 9:12:56 PM
This year’s Arab History Days at the Arab World Institute in Paris explored women and gender in the Arab world, writes David Tresilian
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Life & Style
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Health
6/8/2022 2:49:00 PM
Ahram Online talked to Anna Dorangricchia, gender equality expert in the Civil and Social Affairs Division of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), on equality, capacity building and the challenges women face in society and workplace.
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World
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Region
3/17/2022 9:30:37 PM
The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a robust mandate for its political mission in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last August. The new mandate authorizes the mission to promote gender equality, empowerment of women and girls, human rights of all Afghans and an inclusive and representative government.
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Books
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Reviews
3/17/2022 3:29:39 PM
Elham Fateem’s collection of vignettes about successful Egyptian women in nontraditional careers makes an interesting and approachable read about gender for specialists and the the public alike.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
3/8/2022 6:38:09 PM
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