Business
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Energy
1/24/2023 9:22:34 PM
Norway on Tuesday said it plans to offer a record number of gas and oil exploration blocks in the Arctic, with environmental NGOs condemning an "aggressive" promotion of fossil fuels.
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World
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International
1/17/2023 12:28:23 PM
At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan, after assurances from the Taliban authorities that Afghan women can continue to work in the health sector.
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World
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International
12/26/2022 6:15:28 PM
Christian Aid on Monday became the fifth foreign aid group to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working.
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World
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International
12/25/2022 2:11:40 PM
Foreign aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at international and local non-governmental organizations, while the US and Germany have condemned these actions by the Taliban.
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World
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International
12/24/2022 6:05:24 PM
The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/5/2022 8:28:56 PM
The 27th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference (COP27) is set to kick off in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday with the participation of dozens of world leaders, international organizations, and environmental NGOs.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/1/2022 10:13:56 PM
More than 90 heads of state, some 30,000 people representing governments, businesses, NGOs, civil society groups and CEOs, will meet from 6 to 18 November in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to participate in the world’s biggest and most important annual climate-related conference.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/25/2022 9:40:13 PM
Egypt is ensuring the proper representation of civil society at the UN climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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Egypt
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Society
10/12/2022 6:12:05 PM
Egypt has extended the grace period for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to legalise their status in the country in order to comply with NGO Law 149/2019.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/20/2022 11:36:00 AM
Egypt has laid the groundwork to improve human rights according to two NGOs.
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Egypt
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Society
9/11/2022 7:09:24 PM
Egypt is “very keen” to allow the greatest possible number of local and foreign civil society organisations to participate and express their views in the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
7/12/2022 7:29:54 PM
The Ministry of Social Solidarity announced on Tuesday that the first batch of Egyptian pilgrims that were sent by NGOs is set to return to Cairo on Thursday after performing their Hajj (pilgrimage) rituals in Saudi Arabia.
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World
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International
6/8/2022 6:18:37 PM
Dozens of rights groups called Wednesday for the resignation of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, charging that she "whitewashed" Beijing's "atrocities" during her trip to China last month.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/18/2022 2:34:00 PM
Civil society is taking part in preparations to host the COP27 climate change meeting in Egypt in November, with one initiative pooling the efforts of 500 NGOs.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/28/2022 10:12:00 PM
Members of the Senate seek greater oversight on NGOs which obtain foreign funding.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/23/2022 6:14:21 PM
Members of the Senate — Egypt’s consultative upper house of Parliament — teamed up in a plenary session on Saturday to call on the government to impose stricter control on foreign funding to local non-government organisations (NGOs) and all entities involved in civil society work.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/22/2022 8:04:04 PM
The Senate – Egypt's consultative upper house of parliament – will reconvene Saturday to open a debate on the government's supervision of cash and in-kind donations granted to NGOs and charity organisations.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/5/2022 10:06:44 PM
Parliament approved a legislative amendment to the law regulating the operation of non-governmental organisations.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/30/2022 5:26:59 PM
Egypt's parliament approved on Wednesday a legislative amendment to the law regulating the operation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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Egypt
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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.
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