For women in Egypt, freedom is not free - 1 views
On January 24, 2015, the Egyptian government suddenly decided to prosecute one of the world's most active and effective human rights defenders, Azza Soliman, for denouncing police brutality. Azz...
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Women's Day in Egypt - 1 views
This depressing article from "Daily News Egypt" talks about how women's day in Egypt is generally marked by protests and demonstrations that center around the injustices the women of Egypt have fac...
Shaima Sabbagh killing sparks protest - 0 views
A small group of women were protesting peacefull in downtown Cairo on Thursday against security forces after female activist Shaimaa Sabbagh was shot dead on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan...
Violence Against Women - 0 views
March 8, 2015 is the international women's day and women in Egypt asserted their importance when the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights submitted a request to the Egyptian President to fight v...
Egyptian Women's Day Grief - 0 views
Women in Egypt are facing a reality where hundreds of them find themselves as prisoners in Egyptian prisons, tortured and abused beyond comprehension. Al-Mesryoon reported that as many as 235 wome...
Interactive Chart - 0 views
This chart is useful because it is interactive and allows one to see in several different categories how women's rights compare in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, ...
Interactive Chart - 0 views
This interactive chart is useful because it is interactive and allows one to see in several different categories how women's rights compare in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Sah...
Egyptian Women Protest - 0 views
http://wn.com/feminism_in_EgyptThis video was published December 22, 2012. The women were forced to drastic measures to gain attention during their protest, many were naked and some were repor...
Jailed: Ranya al-Huthaili, the Saudi woman who robbed 5 U.S. banks - Al Arabiya News - 1 views
Egyptian Women Protest - 0 views
http://wn.com/feminism_in_EgyptThis video was published December 22, 2012. The women were forced to drastic measures to gain attention during their protest, many were naked and some were repor...
Video: Women's rights changes in Egypt over the last two years - 0 views
http://middleeastvoices.voanews.com/2013/06/voices-womens-rights-in-egypt-re-examining-a-revolution-...This is an article from the website "Middle East Voices: Analysis, Perspectives, Conversation,...
Egyptian Center for Women - 0 views
This is a very interesting source that I found when I was going through the resources on the class blog. It also has the original version of the document in Arabic on the website. It details the re...
Sexual Harrassment in Egypt - 0 views
Short yet enlightening video about women's rights in Egypt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EljdrOBxM8c
More Rights, Less Harrassment - 0 views
This news video update was released two years ago, and shows how the same problems are still existent right now: "As Egyptian run-off presidential elections approach, fears are mounting over the pr...
The US Should Promote Women's Rights in Developing Nations - 0 views
From Controversies in Globalization: Isobel Coleman argues that women's rights are inherently connected with human rights and are therefore included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights whi...
Social Issues for Women in Egypt - 0 views
The Egyptian Center of Women's Rights has welcomed a court decision allowing a mother's right to issue birth certificates for her children, the organization announced on March 23. The organizatio...
Woman Pretends to be Man for 40 years - 0 views
An Egyptian woman pretended to be a man for 40 years to work and support daughter because her husband had died and she had no means of supporting herself and her daughter. She made money by polishi...
Women better off under Sisi? - 0 views
This articles discusses whether or not women have more rights under Sisi than they did before his rule. The article actually offers a fairly objective overview of how Sisi has interacted with women...