CAIRO – 23 March 2022: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi attended Wednesday a ceremony held to celebrate Egyptian Women Day, honoring a number of women who optimally benefited from empowerment programs and made a change in their local communities as well...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 4 March 2022: Egypt’s National Council for Women voiced appreciation for the decision to allow 98 female judges to assume their judicial work starting Saturday. All female judges, who were recently appointed at the State Council, will sit...اقرأ المزيد
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous hailed Egypt’s efforts to empower women as she met on Saturday with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. Bahous said she chose Egypt to be the first stop in her...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 27 November 2021: The National Committee to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), co-chaired by the National Council for Women (NCW) and the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), launched a door-knocking campaign in...اقرأ المزيد
Under the auspices of the NCW, NCCM, CARE Egypt announced on Wednesday the launch of the 16-day campaign of activities to combat violence against women, under the title of “I am Aware.. I am precious”. The world celebrates every year on November 25th...اقرأ المزيد
The President of The National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi called on the Parliament to urgently approve a bill that harshens the punishment of anyone who conducts or encourages the Female Genital Mutilation operation to Egyptian girls. This comes...اقرأ المزيد
The National Council for Women (NCW) congratulated Egyptian-Canadian Professor Dr. Hoda el-Maraghy for obtaining the Order of Canada Medal, the highest civil award in Canada. “Dr. Hoda el-Maraghy is an honorable Egyptian that were are proud of,” said...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian National Council for Women (NCW) announced launching the 16-day campaign aiming to combat violence against women. The campaign is launched annually during the period from November 25 to December 10. Dr. Maya Morsi, Chair of the Council,...اقرأ المزيد
A Coptic woman from Ismailia was elected by the people to be a member in the Egyptian Senate, and was elected again inside the council to be its undersecretary. It may have been expected that someone like Phoebe Fawzy, a Coptic woman who is not from Cairo,...اقرأ المزيد
Seven of the defendants in the notorious Fairmont Hotel gang rape case have fled Egypt as a result of disseminating their information online before the victim officially reported the incident. In a Wednesday statement, the Public Prosecution said it has...اقرأ المزيد