Egyptian Feature Film Tackles Social Stigma of Women with AIDs
The 2011 feature is the first in Egyptian film history to humanize patients and depict their struggle in an empathetic light.
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Gender and Women
News and analysis working towards a more nuanced understanding of gender and sexual relations in Egypt.
‘Mother-Line Story Project’ Explores Maternal Connections on Stage
The program highlighted these issues in Egyptian society and included discrimination against women and ‘cultural’ stereotyped scenarios in the household during marriage.
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NGOs Urge Egypt to Ratify Women’s Rights Protocol and Amend Abortion Laws
A number of Egyptian NGOs, such as the Egyptian Iniative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the global alliance Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ), are calling on the government to modify the provisions on abortion under the amended Penal Code (Law No. 95 of 2003).
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Student Groups Launch Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaigns
Despite Ebeid’s assurance, some students remain unsatisfied with the current mechanism and have taken to informal methods, such as compiling and publishing lists of known harassers through anonymous submissions on Facebook.
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Central Bank of Egypt Introduces New Gender-Segregated Data Scheme
In an effort to boost the number of women who receive loans, run businesses and own bank accounts, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is considering requiring all banks to classify their loans and deposits data by gender.
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Forbidden Intimacies: Homosexuals Branded Mentally Ill in Egypt
Sexual identity remains a taboo topic across the Middle East; women who feel comfortable expressing themselves sexually are shamed, but it is perhaps homosexuals (men, in particular) who bear the brunt of it.
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In Search of Ballerina Bodies: The Distortions and Disorders of Self-Image
In today’s social media-powered world where one is overwhelmed with certain expectations that dictate the ‘perfect’ body, many seek extreme measures to achieve extreme results.
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Trouble in Paradise? Divorce and Domestic Violence Behind Closed Doors
Recent research has shown that abuse behind the closed doors of dysfunctional family homes has a direct effect on every member of the household.
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Joint Effort by Heya and CIMAL Brings Egypt’s Leading Women to the Stage
Mesh Bel Tashkeel (Without Arabic Diacritics), was the title of a talk series held in collaboration between Heya: The Feminist Initiative and Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMAL) featuring leading contemporary Egyptian women.
Read MoreWhen Will it be My Time to March? Women in the Contemporary Public Space
Egyptian women have never owned any aspect of the public space, not only when it comes to protesting, but even when it comes to exercising some of the simplest and most basic rights like going out for a walk at night or wearing what would be seen as ‘revealing’ — all signs that a woman is “asking for it”.
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