Civil Society
The General Authority for Culture Palaces presented many cultural and artistic activities through the mobile theater of the Aswan Culture Palace, southern Upper Egypt, specifically in the village of Wadi Al-Arab.
On the occasion of the international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation FGM, 6 February, the National Committee for the Eradication of FGM, co-chaired by the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood and the National Council for Women, held a virtual meeting today with the participation of members of the committee in addition to representatives of development partners.
A number of representatives of the civil society organizations praised issuing the long-awaited executive regulations for the NGOs Act No.149 for Year 2019.
Officials at the ministries of youth, health, social solidarity, and education also took part in the training delivery.
Abdel Qawi's statements came in a conference held to examine possible partnerships between the government and the civil society.
A judge from the Cairo Court of Appeal announced the lack of any ground to file a legal claim against 20 civil society organizations, either for insufficient evidence or the absence of offense, in the case known as “foreign funding case”.
This came during a meeting held between Al-Mashat, and Minister of Social Solidarity Nevin Al-Kabbaj, to discuss expanding cooperation in regards to increasing international development financing to support Egypt’s civil society and expand social protection programs.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced that Egypt made a progress in adult learning and education, noting that the government had cooperated with several civil society organizations and telecommunications' companie
The new law has been praised on many levels including the legislative level, civil society figures, and even those who disagree with the political leadership.
Polling stations nationwide started receiving voters for the second day to cast their ballots in the referendum on the constitutional amendments on Sunday at 9 am.
Parts of an e-mail accusing prominent political figure Khaled Ali of sexual abuse went viral on social media, causing many more consequences than expected.
‘To Build It’, a grassroots movement broadly aiming to support Egypt’s stability and development, kicked off in September to convince Sisi to run for a second term.
Minister of Local Development Hesham el Sherif on Tuesday said Port Said governorate would be completely free of slums by the end of 2017.
Speaking during the session, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly said that about 40,000 NGOs are supposed to be working all over the state.
Every nation does its best to preserve its national security and state order. Major countries have endeavored to take several measures to legalize and regulate NGOs.
The Conference on the Role of Civil Society in Confronting Corruption, was held on Monday to raise people’s awareness about corruption and how to combat it.
Egypt’s newly adopted NGOs law aims to include all organizations under a “single legal umbrella,” and to empower the civil society.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi approved the new NGO law.
