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Former activist charged with ‘spreading false news’ and having ‘indecent material’
An Egyptian woman who made a video alleging sexual harassment has been given two years in prison and a fine on charges of “spreading false news”.
Amal Fathy, an actor and a former activist, uploaded a video (...)
The Asset Freeze of Nazra for Feminist Studies and its Founder and Executive Director is not an End to its Feminist Work
North Cairo Elementary Court decided today, 11 January 2017, to freeze the assets of feminist and woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan, Founder and Executive Director (...)
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Fax: +202 23901998
Prime Minister, Mr. Sherif Ismail. Email: primemin idsc.gov.eg
Minister of the Interior, General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar. E-mail: moi1 idsc.gov.eg
Minister of Justice, Mr. Ahmed Al-Zanad. E-mail: mojeb (...)
EGYPT: STOP HARASSMENT OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND DROP POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED CASE 173
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition is extremely concerned about the escalation of crackdown on Egyptian Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) and NGOs. The Egyptian government (...)
The escalation of judicial harassment against Azza Soliman triggered many angry, but also surprised, reactions: “what has Azza done?” This indeed is a question I would like to answer.
Azza Soliman. Picture by Rene Celement.
It is often said, to portray the extent of authoritarianism of the (...)
DE FACTO: THE spectacular and significant presence of Egyptian women among the rank and file as well as the leadership of the revolutionary movement since 2011 is a fact. This is in spite of the horrific and often gender-specific forms of repression, including harassment, assault and (...)
On February 16, Roger Ebert, an American film critic and commentator, tweeted: “The attack on Lara Logan brings Middle East attitudes toward women into sad focus.” While the attack on CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was a tragic and upsetting event, it needs to be understood in its political (...)
We, feminist activists, gathered together at the initiative of the Fourth International in Amsterdam on 13-17 July 2013, coming from the Caribbean, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines and Tunisia, express our full solidarity and (...)
Women in Egypt had been at the forefront of the revolutionary overthrow of Hosni Mobarak. During the transition period following the revolution, as well as during Mohammed Morsi’s rule, women were pushed out of the political sphere through conservative politics. They were also forced to go (...)
There was a new wave of sexual assault against women in Tahrir Square last week, but women refused to let the assaults on their bodies silence their voices. These attacks were commensurate with the pattern of politically motivated sexual violence that emerged, and grew, under the Muslim (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood slammed a U.N. declaration supporting women’s rights, but Egypt’s women activists aren’t worried – and say their movement is stronger than ever.
Like many Egyptian women, 31-year-old activist Dalia Ziada took to the street in early 2011 to join the protest movement (...)
‘We Will Take Her and Then One by One, Guys’
I will tell my story that bears a lot of resemblance to other stories, your story and mine. We both know how this happened; death was so close but never came. You and I now that we have been violated, we were raped in the middle of Tahrir Square (...)
There is a growing belief that the post-revolution spate of sexual attacks on women is a reflection of a large-scale and co-ordinated campaign from Egypt’s security forces, seeking to undermine or intimidate the political opposition. Zoe Holman spoke to the founder of anti-harassment network (...)
Why isn’t anybody doing anything? Attempting to curb sexual harassment by targeting the harassers is very challenging in Egypt since the driving forces are complex and compounded. We need to focus on the bystander, says Eba’a El-Tamami.
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Today, 13 June, 2012, is the day to tweet and blog against sexual harassment in Egypt. On this occasion, Nazra for Feminist Studies is publishing three testimonies of women who were sexually assaulted by a mob on Mohammed Mahmoud Street on Saturday, 2 June. The collective sexual assault and (...)
While all eyes are focused on the presidential race, on the streets of Egypt, inch by inch, bit by bit, women’s rights are shrinking. Women, Muslim and Christian, who do not cover their hair or who wear mid-sleeved clothing are met with insults, spitting and in some cases physical abuse. In (...)
Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail has said that if he is elected as Egyptian president he would force women to wear the hijab.
An ultra-conservative Egyptian presidential hopeful has said that if he is elected as head of state he would force women to wear the hijab (veil) or “change creed,” adding (...)
This paper is providing an analysis from gender perspective and from Islamic feminist perspective, to the statements of Dr Manal Abul Hassan, the secretary of Women division of Cairo, of the Freedom and the Justice party, here and after FJP , the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. Abul (...)
Backlash on women rights in Egypt, under the pretext that human rights was a gift of Suzan Mubarak, and that one should get rid of everything related to the toppled regime.
A coalition of NGOs issues a statement in protest.
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The NGOs signing below express their (...)
Egypt: Ensure women’s rights are integrated in post-revolution Egypt
Action Number: 38.1
Date: 2011 Jul 10
Partners in the revolution and democratic Egypt ©UN Women
Women of Egypt played a prominent role in the revolution of early 2011. They were essential organizers, leaders and (...)
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