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November 11, 2013
Arab Spring nations backtrack on women's rights

Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched patriarchal structures and the rise of Islamists, gender experts in the countries say.

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November 6, 2013
How to include minorities and marginalized groups in constitution building

“Women do not represent women in my country. They represent the voices of the men, the families that surround them, and their political party: but not women.

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September 18, 2013
Constitutional amendments 'fairer' to women: Council for Women, Egypt

Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) said in a statement issued Wednesday that new amendments under-discussion to the currently suspended 2012 constitution are "fairer" to women.

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Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence

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August 20, 2013

Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence

Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square over four days of protests beginning on June 30, 2013 amid a

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Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square over four days of protests beginning on June 30, 2013 amid a

July 18, 2013
Egyptian Wants More Women in Politics

Director of Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development (ACT) in Cairo, since 1990 Kamel has prepared Egyptian women to run for political office while advocating laws that uphold women's rights and criminalize domestic violence.

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July 16, 2013
Sexual violence aims to drive women out of Egyptian politics

Violence against female protesters was a terrifying hallmark of the unrest that led to the fall of the Morsi government. Local NGOs documente more than 100 reports of sexual violence, including rape, between June 30 and July 3, the day of the “coup-volution” which ousted Morsi.

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July 15, 2013
Women get four key portfolios in new Egypt government

Cairo: Four key ministerial portfolios are set to go to women in Egypt’s new government, for the first time in the history of the conservative country.

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July 9, 2013
Acting Head of UN Women Lakshmi Puri calls for Egyptian women’s voices to be heard without threat of violence

Egypt’s women have been at the heart of the vibrant civil society movement that continues to press for the rights of all Egyptians.

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April 4, 2013
EGYPT: Women in Post- Revolutionary Egypt Must be Free from Fear of Sexual Violence – UN Envoy

A United Nations envoy today expressed dismay at the sexual attacks on women protesters in Egy

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