“Violence, beatings, extortion and rape” are the main plots of most of the drama works in the month of Ramadan, according to the governmental National Council for Women.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ratified the new amendments to Egypt’s Penal Code on toughening penalties against medics who female genital mutilation (FGM).

An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced a man to eight years in prison for sexually harassing three minors and drug possession, in a case that sparked outrage on social media.

The United Nations (UN) has lauded the unprecedented moves by Egypt’s Cabinet of Ministers, which have been endorsed by the country’s Parliament, to end female genital mutilation (FGM).

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is how unwelcoming and inhospitable those fields have historically been to women. From a lack of representation to a well documented gender pay gap, all the way to exclusionary, poorly designed and downright offensive …

Egypt’s prosecution ordered on Tuesday the release of three defendants in the 2014 Fairmont gang rape case on LE 100,000 bail.

The gender gap in the Middle East and North Africa is the world’s largest and will take more than a century to close, the World Economic Forum said this week.

The constitutional and legislative affairs committee at Egypt’s House of Representatives approved, on Wednesday, the amendment to the Egyptian Penal Code which toughens the penalties on female genital mutilation (FGM).

Egyptian lawmakers have sought to expedite legislative measures to criminalize child marriage and tighten penalties to deter violators.

In a first such move, the State Council, one of the pillars of the judiciary in Egypt, announced March 14 its decision to allow the appointment of women as members of the State Council and the Public Prosecution.