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A ban has been imposed on wearing niqab in the dormitories of Cairo University consequent upon which, it has given rise to protests in Egypt. On the issue sheik Ali Samman, president of the permanent committee for dialogue with other religions at Cairo’s Al-Azhar university has stated that though the ‘veil’ is an ingredient of [...]
A large number of women, civil society groups, rights activists and student organizations gathered themselves outside the journalist union headquarters in central Cairo to point the finger at ‘the silence of the official media and the government’ on the violence against women. Some women veiled others not carried on their rallies and shouted slogans amidst [...]
In a conference at Manama, 17 Arab states participated. Shaikha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the first lady of Bahrain and the chairperson of the Arab Women’s Organization said that if Arab countries want ‘sustainable’ development then it would have to give rights to its native women and to migrants as well. She further said [...]
The International Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Egypt is a signatory, prohibits the auction of children and marriage under the age of 16 is outlawed. However, this law is not fully implemented. Recently a case has come up which reveled how a teenage girl was sold into a short-term marriage by [...]
Egypt has completely banned female circumcision that has been a part of its culture in conservative families. The decision came as Suzanne Mubarak, Egypt’s first lady led a campaign to ban the brutal practice. Although the ban was introduced nearly 10 years ago but the practice had still continued. Female circumcision also known as genital [...]
