Salma Yusri says she suffers from discrimination in the workplace because she is a woman. “The major problem is that there is little appreciation for my work even though they know that I’m very dedicated,” she told Al-Monitor. “Men always get promoted at the expense of the career progression of women.”

From 25 November until 10 December, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence annual international campaign is organized around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.

Egyptian member of parliament Ghada Ajami of the Support Egypt bloc submitted a controversial bill Oct. 30 that stirred a wide debate about the rights of citizens to be able to wear and do what they want without censorship or interference from authority.

The family of two sisters who were forcibly disappeared while demanding justice for the family of a young man who was killed after protecting a girl in Egypt have appealed to authorities to release them.

A member of Egypt’s parliamentary Human Rights Committee has sparked controversy after proposing an amendment to Article 20 of the country’s Personal Status Law, which, if approved, would deny Egyptian women the right to divorce except in cases of “extreme harm to the wife.”

Member of Parliament Ehab al-Khouli has said he will propose legislative amendments to the State Council law so that it allows the appointment of women in the prestigious judicial body.

The Giza prosecution office has ordered the release of the 15-year-old “Ayat girl”, who was arrested after stabbing a microbus driver who attempted to rape her, on 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($604) bail.

The Giza prosecution office ordered on Monday the release of a female teen who was accused of stabbing a minibus driver after attempting to rape her last month, on bail of EGP 10,000.

An international rights platform has documented thousands of violations against women in Egypt since 3 July 2013, a turning point in the regime’s treatment of females, which was considered a red line by previous governments.

A forensics team has found new evidence in the “Ayat girl” case, in which a 15-year-old girl stabbed a microbus driver who attempted to rape her after a sinister plan devised by her boyfriend.