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Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2018
Professor Hoda Awad joined the group for a presentation about the Egyptian constitution. She started by discussing the basics of democracy and constitutions. She explained to us that democracies had six elements or conditions. Firstly, there is the presence of democratic institutions and...
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2019
The House of Representatives will discuss constitutional amendments on the 16th and 17th of April.
Women MPs presented to the House of Representatives how women benefit from the constitutional amendments.
Date of source: Thursday, April 11, 2019
In an interview on Al-Mehwar TV channel, Hiba ‘Abd el ‘Aziz (head of the Women and Social Issues Unit of the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies) said that women represent between 49 and 52% of the Egyptian population, adding that their representation in Parliament has now reached up to 15% and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
Dr. Saḥar Naṣr, the Minister of Investment and Co-operation, took part in a council on the rise of the Arab woman, including events of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Safāna Rabīʿ Dahlān, Human rights activist and lawyer in Saudi Arabia, and Princess Dīnā Miraʿad, Jordanese...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
Dr. Māyā Mūrsī, Chairperson of the National Council for Women, spoke at the opening session of the conference entitled "Empowering Young Women Leaders from Local Councils ... Voices of Women: Stage Two." The conference was organized by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights, which strives to equip...
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2012
“Despite their active participation in all the events of the Revolution and their standing side by side with men, evolving currents on the political scene are working on throwing their (women) social status quo back to the ages of oppression and discrimination”, said Mirvat Tallāwī, president of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Egyptian women have entered into all fields and held many positions to demonstrate their ability to lead and achieve success. In an unprecedent event, a woman is competing with men for the official post as Shaykh al-Balad or ‘Chief of the Village’ in a Beni Suef village.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2019
The women of Egypt: they strove for their political rights and they conducted campaigns for the sake of having women representatives in the committee formulating the Egyptian Constitution of 1954. They were able to have their representatives in the Parliament, at the time known as the National...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2018
In support of the national unity, both the Endowments Ministry and the church launch the “Female Preacher and Nun” Initiative under the slogan “Together in the service of the homeland”. The initiative is aimed at speaking and dialoguing with women through Muslim Female Preachers and Christian Nuns...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī talks in this report about the Swedish social leader Anna Sundström.
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