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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An Egyptian Feminist on Twitter - 1 views
Nazra, whether it is a real name, pseudonym, or a group of women writing this together, purports to be a twitter account with the agenda of ending #VAW or Violence Against Women. Although a majorit...
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...
Mona Eltahawy- Columnist - 0 views
I found the website of the female writer Mona Eltahawy. On her website it says "during the 18-day revolution that toppled Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, she appeared on most major media outlets, ...
Literacy in Egypt - 0 views
Although this is not specific to women, there are definitely corresponding factors. In 1995, the literacy rate was 51.4, 2003 it was 57.7, 2005, just before the Arab Spring it was at 71.4 which sho...
The Changing Role of First Lady's in Egypt - 0 views
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/835/sc89.htmThis source is an article that looks at six different first ladies over the last century. It talks about how the women were once simply figureheads but h...
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 in Politics - 0 views
http://egypttoday.com/blog/2015/02/23/women-in-parliament-gender-justice-for-egyptian-women/This source is from the news "Egypt Today" and talks about the struggles women still face in trying to vo...
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...
50 Shades of Grey will not be released in Egypt - 0 views
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/09/fifty-shades-grey-film-boycotted-domestic-violence-anti-por...The best-selling, yet highly controversial movie will not be released in Egypt anytime soon. D...
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...
Women's Rights Ranking - 0 views
The BBC News reports that out of 22 countries, women's rights in Egypt is ranked as the worst. The rankings were extremely low because of the issues sexual harassment, high rates of female genital ...
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
Abuse of Women in Prisons - 0 views
After reports of abused emerged from a women's prison in Egypt, a committee is set to investigate the complaints. This was probably something that would have been ignored in the past, so I believe ...