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Cairo, Mar 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mohamed Hossam) More and more women in Egypt are starting to ride scooters for multiple reasons, mainly for freedom of mobility and to avoid being victims of harassment in public transport.Walaa Zohier, founder of Women Drive Scooters Academy, opened an academy to help more women learn to drive in Cairo.FOOTAGE OF A LEARNING SESSION IN CAIRO
Cairo (Egypt), March 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Khaled Elfiqi).- Six years ago Omnia Gadalla was first told "no" when trying to access the judicial career, even though the Egyptian constitution grants that right to women. However, she is still fighting against the entire judicial system to secure her rights and those of other jurists. "I feel that this has consumed me, especially in the last times, but I am not going to give up and waste what I have done in all these years," Gadalla, Law professor at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, tells Efe. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF OMNIA GADALLA, LAW PROFESSOR AT THE AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY.
Gaafra (Egypt), 19 Feb, EFE, (Camera: Raquel Coto García).- In the village of Gaafra, 34 kilometres from Aswan in Upper Egypt, Fatima Hatma is one of dozens of women waiting for their turn to get an identity card free of charge at the local social centre. In an instant she is no longer one of the 5 million women who, according to the UN, do not have an identity card in Egypt.FOOTAGE OF THE GAAFRA IDENTITY CARD OFFICESOUNDBITE OF FATIMA HATMA, A WOMAN WHO HAS JUST OBTAINED AN IDENTITY CARD IN THE VILLAGE OF GAAFRA, 34 KILOMETRES FROM ASWAN, AND HEBA EL SHARKAWI, PROJECT DIRECTOR
Police and emergency services gather at the site where at least 19 people were killed when a speeding car driving against traffic crashed into three others causing a huge explosion in Cairo. IMAGES
Meet Egypt's first all-women American football team, the 'Pink Warriors'.
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