Women's Rights in Egypt

My blog project throughout the semester was revolved around the rights of women in Egypt. I chose this topic because it was something that I could easily compare to myself, being a woman. I also chose this topic because it is something that many people are unaware of in the United States. I wanted to […]

Divorce being such a common thing in today’s age, continues to have certain social stigmas brought along with it. In the United States, it is much different than the stigma in Egypt. According to the article, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/d-a-wolf/the-divorcee-stigma-it-st_b_4039529.html, the autor explains how women in the United States are stigmitized by others thinking they are divorced because they […]

Arranged marriage in Egypt is not only targeting those of legal age, but also to women much, much younger. I am talking about women married before the age of 15. In the article http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/03/22/i-dont-know-how-old-i-am-child-marriage-in-egypt/, a young girl who was married before the age of 17 stated that she did not know exactly how old she was because […]

In the first article, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/profiles/2015/03/07/Egypt-minister-Ghada-Wali-wants-to-make-a-difference-for-Arab-women.html, Egyptian minister ,Ghada Wali, who works closly with the UN Development Program in Egypt, wants others (especailly politicians) to be more influenced by educated women and women’s policies in furthering education. Not only is Wali promoting her views to Egypt, but she is promoting her views on education and policy to […]

The the first article, https://academic.aucegypt.edu/caravan/story/better-or-worse-why-divorce-difficult-egyptian-women, the idea of divorce is something that many men and women want to grasp. The issue is not actually divorce, but rather how simple it is for a man to divorce his wife, and how extremely difficult it is for a woman to divorce her  husband. According to the article posted […]

In the past week, the nation of Iran has drafted new laws that are outlawing voluntary sterilization for women, no longer allowing birth control and making it more difficult for women without children to get jobs. According to the article written by BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31828123), if these laws are passed, it would set women’s rights progressing […]

There are many ways Egyptian women are trying to get their voice heard. Whether it be for the fight against sexual harassment, discrimination, or for more political freedom, women of all backgrounds are figuring out how to speak up. The first article, “Meem, An animation in the face of taboos, (http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/02/25/meem-animation-face-taboos) shows how one woman […]

The two articles that I am writing about this week are “Egyptian appeals court convicts doctor in female mutilation case,” and “Former Egyptian diplomat cites progress on women’s rights.” The first article shows how the Egyptian courts finally sentenced a doctor to two years in prison for the death of a young girl whom was […]

The two articles I am writing about this week are about the youth in Egypt and the forced child brides of Egypt. The United Nations Development Programme in Egypt hosted a camp called the “Violence Against Women Youth Innovation Camp.” The goal was to effectively come up with solutions and approachable goals that young citizens […]

This week, I am focusing on the differences between eras of women’s rights in Egypt. Where better off to start that looking at where it all began: ancient Egypt. Back in the Cleopatra era, women were not completed segregated from men. Actually, they had many, if not all of the same rights as men. Today […]