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Sports Researchers Detail Uneven Playing Field

By Anna Halkidis ● Uncategorized ● September 4, 2012

Decades after the enactment of Title IX, two longtime gender-gap number crunchers can relax and celebrate the huge gain in women’s sports participation. But as they think about winding down, there’s still a big problem with coaching.

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Egypt’s Women Keep Showing Power in Protest

By Jessica Gray ● Politics ● May 10, 2012

Egypt’s revolution is now often described as hijacked and women’s legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.

Egyptian Upholds Sex-War View of Revolution

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● May 2, 2012

After stirring an outcry for her article in Foreign Policy magazine, Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy on Tuesday night offered a vigorous defense of her views that the real Middle East revolution is yet to come, between men and women.

Islamist Parliamentarian Objects to Egypt’s Ban on FGM

By Jessica Gray ● Crime & Law ● March 27, 2012

Egypt’s Azza El Garf, a longstanding female representative of the Muslim Brotherhood, strays from women’s rights activists and opposes illegalization of genital cutting. She also carves a separate path on issues such as divorce and family.

1970s Laws Are Today’s Ammo for Women’s Rights

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Arts & Culture ● March 15, 2012

It’s Women’s History Month and a mighty time in this ongoing saga occurred not so long ago, during the 1970s. It all began at Newsweek Magazine, when the men got the bylines and women did the research.

Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps

By Sharon Johnson ● Politics ● March 13, 2012

Women live longer than men, yet speakers at a recent conference asserted that the low status of women and girls results in about 3.9 million excess deaths of girls relative to men.

Human Rights Groups Blur Issues of Women Rights

By Meredith Tax ● Politics ● February 28, 2012

Women’s rights groups are criticizing Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, for neglecting women’s rights violations in an apparent rush to defend political Islam.

Women’s Rights in Egypt Join Liberal Outcasts

By Jessica Gray ● Politics ● February 12, 2012

A year after the toppling of Mubarak, women’s rights activists confront a sobering landscape. With Islamist parties taking control, it’s important to note the difference between ultra-conservative Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt’s Feminist Union Undergoing Reincarnation

By Jessica Gray ● Commentary ● January 29, 2012

The venerable Egyptian women’s rights advocacy, the Egyptian Feminist Union, is coming back to life amid a flowering of civil-society groups. But the road ahead isn’t clear for a long-dormant organization that operated under British colonial rule.

Egyptians: Violence Should Put Elections on Hold

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● November 22, 2011

Two prominent women in Egypt’s unfolding revolution say protest violence should put elections on hold. “It will be a circus,” said Gigi Ibrahim, who is flying home from New York on Wednesday and plans to go straight from the airport to Tahrir Square.