Women are capturing an increasing number of seats in parliaments around the world, an Independent on Sunday survey to mark International Women's Day has found.
When the prime minister of stepped down on Thursday, Shereen Diaa, 32, was cooking lunch for her two young sons in a suburb on Cairo’s outskirts. A veiled woman who molds her life around her children, Ms.
Egyptian activists have called for a "Million Women March" tomorrow after accusing the military government of forgetting about the role of women in the uprising and maintaining a "backward" political system dominated by men.
GENEVA – On this day, I salute the women of the Middle East and North Africa, along with women all over the world who are taking great risks to stand up and fight for dignity, justice and human rights for themselves and for their compatriots.
Also in honor of International Women’s Day: A new study finds that Congressional representatives who are women outperform their male counterparts, perhaps because the bar is higher for them to get elected in the first place.
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Equal access to education, training and science and technology: pathway to decent work for women. Given that for us in Zambia this is an election year, we would add to this ‘Pathway to meaningful political participation.’
Egyptian women were a strong, defiant force in that country's revolt last month, making up a quarter of the million protestors who poured into Tahrir Square at the height of the upheaval.
Now those same women are fighting to keep their role in the building of a New Egypt.
Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in a victory celebration, after their revolution unseated president Hosni Mubarak. Tunisians have also been sampling new freedoms of speech and press. But even as the exultation lingers, women in both countries have launched new protests.
The British Guardian named prominent Egyptian feminist and secular writer, Dr. Nawal el-Saadawi, among its list of the 100 most important women in the world. The list is published as a celebration of International Women’s Day. El-Saadawi was listed in the category for activists and campaigners.