|
World
-
International
12/20/2022 10:28:15 PM
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for females nationwide, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush women's right to education and freedom.
|
|
Life & Style
-
Health
12/12/2022 4:11:47 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Cairo published a training manual on Menstrual Health Management for Adolescent Girls on Sunday.
|
|
World
-
Africa
10/22/2022 7:18:11 PM
Dozens of women and girls have been raped and hundreds of civilians killed during fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to an official document seen by The Associated Press.
|
|
Egypt
-
Courts & Law
10/2/2022 9:30:24 PM
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has launched a probe into the death of student Malak Mohamed and the injury of 15 other girls when a concrete stair fence collapsed at a preparatory school in Giza governorate on Sunday, the prosecution said in a statement.
|
|
Egypt
-
Courts & Law
9/12/2022 7:05:09 PM
A Cairo Economic Misdemeanors Court of Appeal accepted on Monday the appeal presented by sexual offender Ahmed Bassam Zaki against a three-years-prison sentence for sexually assaulting and harassing three minor girls in using social media acquitting him from those charges.
|
|
World
-
International
9/10/2022 2:50:48 PM
Taliban authorities Saturday shut down girls schools above the sixth grade in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province, according to witnesses and social media posts. The schools had briefly opened after a recommendation by tribal elders and school principals.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
Sports
8/23/2022 8:56:51 PM
For the second year in a row, Egypt’s Wadi Degla football team are going to the finals of the 2022 African Women’s Champions League, reports Inas Mazhar
|
|
World
-
International
8/14/2022 1:33:06 PM
The EU on Sunday said it was "particularly concerned" about worsening conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan after the country's ruling Taliban violently broke up a women's rally.
|
|
World
-
International
6/15/2022 6:26:53 PM
The UN rights chief on Wednesday slammed the Taliban's "institutionalised systematic oppression" of women and girls in Afghanistan, warning they face a "critical" situation.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
6/7/2022 9:46:57 PM
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched in Egypt on Tuesday the Women’s Economic and Social Program with the goal of providing 200,000 women in seven Egyptian governorates with increased job opportunities, expanding financial inclusion, and reducing violence against women and girls.
|
|
World
-
Africa
6/4/2022 10:25:32 PM
Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions in forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.
|
|
Egypt
-
Courts & Law
5/23/2022 5:16:26 PM
A Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Monday media tycoon and businessman Mohamed El-Amin to three years in prison and fined him EGP 200,000 for sexually assaulting seven underage girls at an orphanage he established in Upper Egypt.
|
|
World
-
International
5/21/2022 10:38:31 PM
The US special envoy on Afghanistan met with the Taliban's chief diplomat on Saturday and stressed international opposition to the group's treatment of women and girls.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
5/20/2022 7:23:32 PM
President of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Moushira Khattab met with UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Egypt Frederika Meijer and agreed to enhance cooperation on family development and in the fight against harmful practices on children, especially girls.
|
|
World
-
International
5/12/2022 8:50:55 PM
The Group of Seven industrialised nations on Thursday condemned the growing restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing the hardline Islamist group of isolating the country.
|
|
Egypt
-
Courts & Law
5/9/2022 1:27:44 PM
Egypt’s prosecution ordered the detention of three teenagers pending investigation and placed 10 others in a probation hostel on charges of harassing two foreign girls at the Giza Pyramids during Eid El-Fitr holiday.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
5/5/2022 5:57:25 PM
Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) said it will receive over the Eid El-Fitr holiday complaints, inquiries, reports or distress messages from girls and women to solve any crisis related to domestic violence by communicating with the concerned authorities.
|
|
Opinion
-
5/5/2022 4:30:00 PM
Ghada Sabateen - a widow and mother of six children in her forties - was shot dead by Isreali soldiers at the eastern entrance of Husan village in Bethlehem governorate.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
3/28/2022 9:23:57 PM
Reforming religious discourse in Egypt would play an important role in curbing the early marriages of girls, as the personal status laws in the country are based on religious regulations, not on the civil code, an Egyptian human rights group said on Sunday.
|
|
World
-
International
3/25/2022 4:32:35 PM
Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world said Friday they are "deeply disappointed'' that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on the Taliban to reverse their decision.
|