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  2. Paper to Pearls - Wikipedia

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    Paper to Pearls was founded by Barbara Moller, after she worked in northern Uganda as a government and civil coalition trainer on a US State Department grant in the fall of 2005. Barbara was invited to the camps by a participant of the training program and introduced to women who had started creating the paper bead jewelry as an income stream. [5]

  3. Women in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Statues of Women in Egyptian Society. library.cornell.edu (accessed April 12, 2009) Ward, William. The Egyptian Economy and Non-royal Women: Their Status in Public Life. stoa.org (accessed April 12, 2009) Women in Ancient Egypt." Women in Ancient Egypt. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Sept. 2016. Women in Ancient Egypt; El-Ashmawy, Nadeen. "Sexual ...

  4. Women in Uganda - Wikipedia

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    Women civil servants and professionals also formed an organization, Action for Development, to assist women in war-torn areas, especially the devastated Luwero region in central Uganda. [4] The Uganda Association of Women Lawyers, which was founded in 1976, established a legal-aid clinic in early 1988 to defend women who faced the loss of ...

  5. Waist beads - Wikipedia

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    Waist beads actually originated in ancient Egypt, where they were known as girdles.Egyptians wore them around their waist or lower abdomen. [2] [3] Girdles were symbols of status and were made of chains, wire, thread, and shells, and often featured multiple colors [4] Modern-day people from many African cultures wear waist beads, including Ghanaians, Senegalese, Igbos, Yorubas, Ewes, Ashantis ...

  6. Feminism in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian press and periodicals, including women's press grew during a period of nationalist movements in Egypt, it was a key way to debate political issues. Women's press was less censored than the mainstream patriarcal press, as British occupying forces saw it as less of a threat to power. [ 9 ]

  7. National Council for Women - Wikipedia

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    The National Council for Women in Egypt (NCW) is an Egyptian National Council. [1] It is the only national, independent women's machinery in Egypt. The Council was previously established by Presidential Decree No. 90 of 2000.

  8. Dorothy Eady - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Louise Eady (16 January 1904 – 21 April 1981), also known as Omm Sety or Om Seti (Arabic: أم سيتي), was a British antiques caretaker and folklorist.She was keeper of the Abydos Temple of Seti I and draughtswoman for the Department of Egyptian Antiquities.

  9. Egyptian Feminist Union - Wikipedia

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    Since 2011, the EFU reformed as a non-profit, non-governmental organization under the original name but with a different goal and team. [14] [15] This was sparked largely due to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution during which many feminist activism groups formed alliances and played a large role in a number of demonstrations and sit-ins against Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian government.