A report by Egypt's Higher Electoral Commission announced that approximately 5,181 candidates, including 380 women, will take part in the parliamentary elections slated for Sunday, November 28, 2010.

The third annual report on the status of democracy in Egypt, issued by the Observatory of the State of Democracy of Egyptian Society for the Advancement of Community Participation revealed

Egypt’s women judges welcomed a Constitutional Court ruling on Sunday that said women can be appointed to the country’s top advisory court. The ruling comes weeks after the State Council

In Egypt, activists, journalists, bloggers and the independent press relentlessly stress the need for more transparency, democracy and freedom of speech. These are noble values and their importance should always

Hanneya contemplates appointing women.

Female members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) protested against an earlier decision by the State Council's general assembly to ban the appointment of female judges.

The beginning of discussion regarding women in the Islamic world in the form of "Were there women in Islamic history" as a claim and counter-claim falls at a time when

Despite this important ruling, women are still barred from serving as judges in other state bodies, including criminal courts, the New York-based rights group said.

A survey Conducted recently on Egyptian children and youth by the Center for Information and Decision Support of the Egyptian Cabinet in cooperation with the International Population Council, found that

CAIRO: A Saudi Arabian scholar has sparked new controversy and ire among Egypt’s al-Azhar scholars after issuing a fatwa that authorizes the killing of any individual that allows for the