women

The US Navy is tripling paid maternity leave for women who serve in the Navy and Marine Corps from six…

Women with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be at an increased risk for heart attacks and strokes, suggests…

Ambassador Mervat Tallawy, Director General of the Arab Women's Organization, signed a memorandum of understanding at the headquarters of the…

Her mental strength was behind her decision to choose boxing as a sport and ten years earlier Nadia Abdel Hamid,…

A women empowerment organization has hailed the appointment of Alexandria’s first female municipality head, calling for further similar decisions to…

Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has called for more opportunities to be created for women in film, describing the industry…

Egypt’s judiciary has sworn in 26 new female judges as per a decree by Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend. The new batch…

Dina, a housewife who lives in Cairo, says she often shies away from taking public transportation – or taxis driven…

Activists from Hamalat al-Tamadon (Campaigns for Modernization) launched a campaign on Monday, denouncing the situation of women in Iraq under the…

The death rate among women reached 5.5 for every 1,000 women in 2013, according to the Central Agency for Public…