Feminism in Egypt

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:challenge sexual harassment
patriarchy
legal inequality
gptkbp:focusesOn women's rights
gender equality
gptkbp:governmentResponse mixed support and repression
gptkbp:historicalName late 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Feminism in Egypt
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:nationalism
global feminist movements
gptkbp:internationalResponse gptkb:UN_Women
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:suffragist
gptkb:2011_Egyptian_Revolution
anti-FGM campaigns
formation of Egyptian Feminist Union (1923)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legalAchievement ban on FGM (2008)
women's right to vote (1956)
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:Al-Ahram
social media activism
gptkbp:notableEvent Doria Shafik's parliament protest (1951)
Huda Sha'arawi unveils in public (1923)
women's protests during 2011 revolution
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Doria_Shafik
gptkb:Nawal_El_Saadawi
gptkb:Huda_Sha'arawi
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_Hidden_Face_of_Eve_by_Nawal_El_Saadawi
gptkb:Women_and_Sex_by_Nawal_El_Saadawi
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:murder
political participation
domestic violence
education access
workplace discrimination
personal status laws
child marriage
FGM (female genital mutilation)
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Egyptian_Feminist_Union
gptkb:Nazra_for_Feminist_Studies
gptkb:New_Woman_Foundation
gptkbp:relatedTo Islamic feminism
Arab feminism
Middle Eastern women's movements
gptkbp:status active movement
faces social and legal challenges
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:#MeTooEgypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6