Girls’ Education In Egypt
Egypt is ranked the 116th among 142 countries internationally in terms of existence of literate women...
NOVEMBER .. The month of festivals adds to its list the “Mobile Film Festival to eliminate violence against women”
ACT (A non-profit organization) announced the launch of the Mobile Film Festival this November, which opposes...
Women in Media around the world
In all media channels, from printed to online media, visible and audible media and even cinema,...
“Arab women of the year awards” celebration honors pioneers in fields of business, Science, cinema and Literature.. and Magda El Roomy dedicates her prize to women of Yemen and Syria
“Arab women of the year awards” annually celebration was held in the heart of London last...
Unsafe Abortion – Just numbers
Since 2003, the number of abortions has increased by 2.8 million in developing regions, and more than...
27th February… The 9th Cairo International Women’s Film Festival launches in collaboration with Female filmmakers from 40 Country
The 9th Cairo International Women’s Film Festival will start from the 27th of February and last...
The “Why Foundation?” opens submission of Short movies for its Competition “Why women?” till IWD
The “Why Foundation” receives short movies from contestants among its competition “Why Women?” till 8th of...
The “Bussy” project presents “Miss or Missus?” performance at the French culture Center
On the 16th of March, the BuSSy project presents their new Performance “Mademoiselle or Madame?’” that...
Human Rights Watch: Afghan women and girls face invasive virginity tests
A recently released report published by Human Rights Watch commission in Afghanistan, found that women and...
A look at how women have changed over 97 years since the 1919 revolution
International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8, while Egypt celebrates Egyptian Women’s...
A tribute to 5 Remarkable women shaped the history of liberalization movement in Egypt
History is shaped by great leaders who are living for greater causes than their own selves,...
A survivor reveals the brutal reality of Female Genital Mutilation
It is consciousness room in a hospital in Egypt. She is six or seven year old...
Egyptian women between Educational Rights and Society Abuse
Why Women Empowerment is delayed? How can ever a society fortify its own progress and attain...
Few days before the launch of its second round, W Laha Wogoh Okhra is interviewing the founder and the president of Faten Hamama Film festival
Maggie Anwar: With Faten Hamama’s cinema festival, I try to compete with international festivals and will...
Taboos that feminists struggle to break in the Egyptian society.. Marital Rape and polygamy on the top of the list
When Captain James Cook, the British explorer, invaded the South Pacific Islands in the eighteenth century,...
TV Ads in Ramadan … promoting sexism and women bodies is a primary marketing tool
Generally, media plays a major role in shaping the collective consciousness of a certain society through...
sexual harassment during feasts.. A relationship that we cannot put an end to
In societies which consider women less than a human, more of an object due to gender...
Female Circumcision in Africa and Middle East
133 million women in Africa and Middle East have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), considering this...
You were deceived when told that Egyptian authorities fight Female circumcision
A Horror that never ends… Thanks to MPs, unscrupulous doctors, and extremist scholars Female Genital Mutilation...
Aman initiative succeeds to grab the public attention and showers Facebook with “we want a safe street” photos
The Newly Founded “Aman initiative” has started its online campaign against sexual harassment during one of...
A tribute to Nawal Saadawi.. The Woman who leads the war against women’s mental slavery
Sticks and stones are thrown at only fruit-bearing trees It’s a fact that “Nawal ElSadawi” imprinted...
On occasion of the International Day Of the Girl.. We don’t celebrate.. We remind of Violence against us
Two days ago the world observed the fifth international day of the girl child; a day...
It’s Time to end this misogynistic nightmare.. Donald Trump is BOUND to lose Women voters
A poll lauded for its accuracy shows Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump virtually tied...
A Fact You Need To Know: More than 140 Girls Will Become Child Brides by 2020
Every 2 seconds a girl becomes a child bride, and according to the UN, More than...
Magda Wassef.. The ONLY ever female president of Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival is knocking the doors in the coming few days. Not only...
Aman initiative launches the online Campaign “Her Safety Is yours” on occasion of the 16 days of activism
“Aman” The anti-sexual harassment initiative announced the launch of an awareness online campaign entitled,“Her safety is...
The Egyptian Women as a cinematic figure and her status in Film industry since 1920 and till now
Not many people know that the Egyptian Cinema, was pioneered by women in production and acting...
A New Year is Coming and Egypt Still plagued by Brutal Misogyny and Machismo
2016 will bid us a farewell in the forthcoming days without any conclusive solutions in the...
Women’s Graffiti in Post-January 25 Egypt.. A Feminist Revolution On The Walls
Painting on the walls or the graffiti art, played a significant role after the 25th of...
Unsafe abortion in the Middle East… Numbers reveal the disastrous reality
Unsafe abortion is still prevailing in the Middle East and North Africa, and each year, thousands...
Women Survivors’ worst nightmare: Forced Marriage To Rapists
Perhaps a good title for this article’s theme will be “sleeping with the enemy”, named after...
Lagging Far Behind: Women’s economic Empowerment in Egypt
The path for women emotional independence is hindered by corporate hurdles in private and public sectors...
Women in Ramadan 2017: fragile and dependent Characters are dominating the TV Scene
“Disturbing” is the word described by the actress, Jessica Chastain, about the state of women portrayed...
The Morass of No Hope: The Egyptian TV drama shows women’s power derived from Men
“Jane Eyre” is a magnificent novel written by “Charlotte Bronte”, it was published on 16 October...
There’s No Escaping the Fact that Trump is a Sexual Harasser
Before being elected as president of the United States, Donald Trump was known for his long...
Yes, I am a feminist and I wear makeup with pride
Two streams of thought argue about the relation between feminism and outer appearances; one of them...
For these reasons… Islamic Feminism in Tunisia is increasingly developing
Many believe that you can either be a Muslim or a Feminist, but you can’t be...
Challenging societal norms: 7 Inspiring Female Movie Characters in the Egyptian Cinema
Although we aimed to compile a long list of female icons, those were inspiring enough to...
A New Year has started: Persistent Wounds are still undermining Women’s Empowerment
The horizon of 2017 (The Year of Women in Egypt) had been defeated, and we still...
It’s Not New: Sexual Assault in Hollywood is as Old as Hollywood itself
Since the #MeToo online Campaign swept the internet, many women around the world, started to share...
Upward Sloping: Reasons behind the Deep Correlation between Self-Objectification and Media
“Self” or “sexual” objectification has a strong resonance in the feminist thought, because it’s regrettably more...
The Iranian activist «Masih Alinejad» narrates to «Wlaha Wogoh Okhra» about the Feminist Struggle against Compulsory Hijab in the Islamic Republic
Interview by: Raneem AlAfifi Translated by: Laila Stino Violence against women in Iran is not limited...
Singer «Fayrouz Karawya»: The «Merayat» Project won’t repeat the traditional critical speeches against freedom of creativity
Interview by: Raneem AlAfifi Translated by: Laila Stino Drama is not obliged to reflect real life...
Can Men be Feminists? : The Ongoing Debate
“We should be allies in the fight for equality.” Most probably you have heard this sentence...
Before It Ends… A brief look at the accomplishments of the #ImAgainstBullying campaign
Few weeks before the beginning of the school year, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in...
The uphill Battle against FGM: Four female activists stood against the Long-Standing Practice
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016, more than 200 million girls and women...
Legal Hell: The Egyptian Law is not necessarily on Women’s Side
The idea of institutionalizing the safeguarding of human rights by devising mandates in the form of...
Our Interview with Faustine Kopiejwski the Co-founder of the French Feminist Platform: Cheek Magazine
This piece is available in Arabic- Read it When “Wlaha Wogoh Okhra – She Has other...
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