This package contains country-specific resources for Egypt.
The collection includes publications, manuals, resources for trainers, documentary films, interviews with women leaders, international, national, and regional laws, event records, and oral histories.
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2020 Vision Conference: Panel 2 - Movement Building from the Local to the Global: What CEDAW Means for Women at the Grassroots (video, English)
Published:The second of two panel discussions taking place during WLP's conference, 2020 Vision: Mobilizing for Women's Rights and Ending Violence
Afaf Mahfouz Oral History (audio files, English)
Published:This resource page links to two audio recording files for Afaf Mahfouz's oral history interview (Egypt/USA).
Afaf Mahfouz Oral History Content Summary (document, English)
Published:This document is a time-coded summary in five-minute increments of an oral history interview with Afaf Mahfouz (Egypt/USA).
Arab Charter on Human Rights (document, English)
Published:The Arab Charter on Human Rights (ACHR) was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States in 2004 and affirms the principles contained
Because Our Cause is Just (video, Arabic)
Published:Women activists in the MENA region face social and political challenges after the Arab Spring democracy uprisings.
Because Our Cause is Just (video, English)
Published:Women activists in the MENA region face social and political challenges after the Arab Spring democracy uprisings. (36 min)
Beyond Revolution: The Future of Women's Rights and Democracy in the Middle East-North Africa [Part 1] (video, English)
Published:October 22, 2013 event where experts discuss women's rights and democracy in the MENA region particularly in light of the "Arab Spring,"
Beyond Revolution: The Future of Women's Rights and Democracy in the Middle East-North Africa [Part 2] (video, English)
Published:October 22, 2013 event where experts discuss women's rights and democracy in the MENA region particularly in light of the "Arab Spring,"
Bushra Jabre interview on the impact of the Arab Women Speak Out project (video, English)
Published:Bushra Jabre discusses the impact of the Arab Women Speak Out project and documentary film on the lives of women and their families. The
Celebrating UN Women Panel 2: Culture, Religion, and Human Rights: Applying what we have learned (video, English)
Published:This video presents the second panel discussion and an audience Q&A at Celebrating UN Women: The Way Forward, a symposium presented by WLP
Child Law of Egypt (document, English)
Published:Child Law of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 1996. Law No. 12 of 1996 promulgating the Child Law amended by Law no. 126 of 2008.
Clash or Consensus? Session 2: Fundamentalisms (video, English)
Published:A discussion focused on fundamentalism at the second session of WLP's conference, Clash or Consensus?
Combating Violence Against Women Strategy of Egypt (document, English)
Published:National Strategy for Combating Violence Against Women 2015-2020 of Egypt.
Constitution of Egypt (document, Arabic)
Published:The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2014.
Constitution of Egypt (document, English)
Published:The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2014.
Constitution of Egypt (document, French)
Published:The Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2014.
Egypt Nationality Law of 1975 (document, Arabic)
Published:Egypt Nationality Law No 26 of 1975.
Egypt Nationality Law of 1975 (document, English)
Published:Egypt Nationality Law No 26 of 1975.
Enas al-Shafie interview on NGO restrictions in Egypt, aid to Lebanon, and using internet for advocacy (video, English and Arabic)
Published:Enas al-Shafie, WLP Egypt/Forum for Women in Development (FWID), discusses the Egyptian government's increasingly restrictive practices
Enas al-Shafie Oral History (audio files, English)
Published:This resource page links to the audio recording files for Enas al-Shafie's oral history interviews (Egypt).
Enas al-Shafie Oral History Content Summary (document, English)
Published:This document is a time-coded written summary in five-minute increments of an oral history interview with Enas al-Shafie (Egypt).
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, Arabic)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, English)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women (video, Arabic)
Published:Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.
From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women (video, English)
Published:Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.
Hoda Elsadda Oral History (audio files, English)
Published:This resource page links to the audio recording files for Hoda Elsadda's oral history interviews (Egypt).
Hoda Elsadda Oral History Content Summary (document, English)
Published:This document is a time-coded written summary of an oral history interview with Hoda Elsadda (Egypt).
Interviews with WLP Partners on organizational work and future plans (video, English and Arabic)
Published:Participants in the WLP Transnational Partners Convening (TPC), (Beirut, Lebanon, September 25-27, 2004): 12 interviewees describe the work
Lifelines 2001: The Literature of Human Rights (video, English)
Published:Five leading international women authors will read their poetry and prose on women’s human rights and address current human rights
Magda Adly interview on women's rights activism in Egypt and WLP Training of Trainers impact (video, Arabic)
Published:Magda Adly of Egypt discusses the state of women's rights in her home country, her work as an activist, and what she will take back to her
Mahnaz Afkhami interview on the history of civil organizing and women's organizations in the Global South in the context of rising authoritarianism, fundamentalism, and instability (video, English)
Published:Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder of WLP, gives an overview of the difficulties of civil organizing, and discusses women's organizations in the Global
My Child The Foreigner (video, English)
Published:A documentary film on the lack of citizenship rights in Arab countries, namely in Lebanon and Egypt.
Nationality Law of 1975, 2004 Amendment of Egypt (document, English)
Published:Egypt Law No.154 of 2004 Amending Some Provisions of Law No.26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality.
Panel interview on developments in women's rights in the Arab world since uprisings of 2011, Eye on Democracy [Part 1] (video, Arabic)
Published:Eye on Democracy (part one of two) is a panel discussion/program on the US-based Arabic-language news network Alhurra, concerning
Panel interview on developments in women's rights in the Arab world since uprisings of 2011, Eye on Democracy [Part 2] (video, Arabic)
Published:Eye on Democracy (part two of two) is a panel discussion program on the Alhurra network, concerning developments in women's rights after the
Penal Code of Egypt (document, Arabic)
Published:Penal Code of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 1937, with amendments through 2003.
Strategizing for Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in the MENA Region (document, English)
Published:On 2 March 2012, activists and experts from across the world convened by the Women's Learning Partnership For Rights, Development and Peace
Summary of Challenges and Strategies Discussed in the pre-AWID Forum and the Subsequent Strategy Meetings, 2012 (document, English)
Published:WLP Partners joined over two thousand women activists in Istanbul for the 12th triennial Forum of the Association for Women's Rights in
WLP Interview with Amal Abdel Hadi (audio files and document, English)
Published:In the weeks leading up to the historic 2011 election in Egypt, WLP interviewed leading Egyptian women’s rights activist Amal Abdel Hadi on