Closing the gender employment gap could boost the Egyptian economy by around 56%. Despite this significant opportunity, the current female labor force participation rate is around 18%. Ensuring that ...

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Canvas tote bags are everywhere you look. Given their practical and timeless design, what was once purely functional has become a wardrobe staple. Ever since L.L. Bean created a canvas carryall to ...

But lately, there’s one trend convincing me that my collection has a serious gap: belted bags. The idea of wrapping a purse with an accessory you’d normally wear around your waist isn’t a ...

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Created by CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program, the Women’s Power Index ranks 193 UN member states on their progress toward gender parity in political participation. It analyzes the ...

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Then it began to dematerialize. With it went Egypt's unusual legal autonomy for women; the days of suing your father-in-law for the return of your dowry when your husband ran off with another ...

The so-called “Doomsday mom” who’s already been convicted of killing two of her children and conspiring to kill a romantic rival is back on trial in Arizona for conspiring to murder her ...

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The time spent preparing a full meal may seem like just a matter of hours, but for Egyptian women, especially when making mahshi — stuffed vegetables known in some cultures as dolma — time is not ...