Marcia E. Greenberg argues that it should be a priority for the US and all nations to promote women's rights and human rights in general, however she says that this is no easy task. Greenberg references past efforts and says that they have been unsuccessful when too aggressive.
Isobel Coleman argues that women's rights are inherently connected with human rights and are therefore included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is a US foreign policy.
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 protection and rights of women amid prevalent sexual harassment..."
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 organization said the ruling is a victory for the rights of Egyptian mothers and is aligned with the Constitution, which forces the country to uphold maternity and childhood rights.
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 women have been arrested by the Egyptian security apparatus. The detainees were reported to have been tortured, abused, raped and had to experience the inhumane virginity tests by their jailers.
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 violence against women, and for the development of a strategy to empower women politically and economically
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. Azza is a cofounder of the Cairo-based Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA), which provides free legal, social, and psychological services to women and marginalized groups and works to protect their rights.
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 January 25 revolution.
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 on the street and what the new constitution says about women.
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 polishing shoes, the alternative would have been begging on the streets. The money that she made supported her daughter and eventually even her grandchildren.
A press conference was held by the Egyptian Ceter for Egyptian Women's Rights to discuss how women were treated with condescension and suffered many setbacks in 2014 and what they would do to hep women in Egypt in the coming year.
This article from the jurist talks about the proposed amendments which would infringe upon the rights of all Egyptians, and especially women, simply because their rights are already so violated. The new amendments would give the judge in a trial the sole power to determine what witnesses may speak.
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 faced. This year however: "Unfortunately, the scene in Egypt is crowded with several issues to the extent that I think demands cannot even be counted,"said Cairo University professor and activist Laila Soueif. Soueif is also the mother of imprisoned activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Sanaa Seif.
This is an article from the New York Times that discusses the violence against women that is so rampant that it is literally "throughout the streets" of Egypt. This article highlights a woman who wears a gas mask in public to photograph protests and to keep her hijab hidden so that the men do not realize she is a woman.
This is an article from the New York Times that discusses the violence against women that is so rampant that it is literally "throughout the streets" of Egypt. This article highlights a woman who wears a gas mask in public to photograph protests and to keep her hijab hidden so that the men do not realize she is a woman.
This is a report that was released by Amnesty International in 2015 that details the horrors that women face in Egypt. It looks at domestic, public, and state violence against women.
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 on the street and what the new constitution says about women.
/ CULF 3331: "Middle Eastern Revolutions"/ Contents contributed and discussions participated by sgriffi2
Marcia E. Greenberg argues that it should be a priority for the US and all nations to promote women's rights and human rights in general, however she says that this is no easy task. Greenberg references past efforts and says that they have been unsuccessful when too aggressive.