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Unemployment rate among women exceeds 25% - Labour minister

Unemployment rate among women exceeds 25% - Labour minister

CAIRO, Jan 20 (Aswat Masriya) - Minister of Labour Mohamed Saafan said in press statements on Thursday the unemployment percentage among women exceeds 25%, "whi

كتب: Aswat Masriya

Friday 20-01-2017 11:49 AM
Women council to file complaint against MP for proposing college virginity tests

Women council to file complaint against MP for proposing college virginity tests

Egypt's National Council for Women will file a complaint against MP who proposed that female students undergo virginity tests before being admitted to college.

كتب: Aswat Masriya

Sunday 02-10-2016 01:55 PM
Underground: Women artists defy stereotypes, mainstream music in Egypt

Underground: Women artists defy stereotypes, mainstream music in Egypt

Through rock, metal, rap and jazz, women underground musicians in Egypt get their message across.

كتب: Rahma Diaa

Wednesday 11-05-2016 12:49 PM
“My right? What right?” New study sheds light on women’s unpaid work in Egypt

“My right? What right?” New study sheds light on women’s unpaid work in Egypt

Illiterate, poor and concentrated in Egypt’s south, or Upper Egypt; they mostly work at small projects or agricultural land owned by their families.

كتب: Omnia Talal, Aswat Masriya

Friday 08-04-2016 05:49 PM
'Miss or Madam': Tackling societal discrimination against unmarried women

'Miss or Madam': Tackling societal discrimination against unmarried women

“We don’t have girls who live alone,” these are words consistently uttered to unmarried women.

كتب: Rahma Diaa

Friday 04-03-2016 08:15 PM
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