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Elimination Of Violence Against Women Day - Turkey

The female symbol is painted on a participant as an expression of solidarity and empowerment in Izmir, Turkey, on November 25, 2024. Hundreds of women marched to demand an end to gender-based violence. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elimination Of Violence Against Women Day - Turkey

The female symbol is painted on a participant as an expression of solidarity and empowerment in Izmir, Turkey, on November 25, 2024. Hundreds of women marched to demand an end to gender-based violence. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's first female prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo -Japan's new Prosecutor General Naomi Unemoto holds a press conference in Tokyo after taking office on July 9, 2024. Unemoto is the first woman to become Japan's prosecutor general.(Kyodo)

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Japan government meeting for female empowerment

A government project team meeting is held to consider ways to bolster female empowerment at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan government meeting for female empowerment

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) speaks at a government meeting to consider ways to bolster female empowerment at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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Japan government meeting for female empowerment

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a government meeting to consider ways to bolster female empowerment at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 5, 2024.

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This is test this is test Art exhibition in Cairo highlights women's empowerment

SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization 2. various of the first edition of Empower Her Art Forum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHEREEN BADR, Chief organizer and founder of Empower Her Art Forum 4. various of paintings at the art exhibition 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAKA ZEDELASHVILI, Georgian artist 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANNA GRYZLOVA, Visitor 7. various of artworks at the exhibition STORYLINE: The first edition of Empower Her Art Forum, an international art exhibition organized by the Artoday platform, concluded on Wednesday at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo. Paintings, sculptures and installations with feminine touches were displayed at the five-day forum to shed light on women's empowerment through art. The gallery gathered more than 100 female artists from around the world. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHEREEN BADR, Chief organizer and founder of Empower Her Art Forum "We send a message that women have a voice and we want it to be heard through art.

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Art exhibition in Cairo highlights women's empowerment

STORY: Art exhibition in Cairo highlights women's empowerment DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization 2. various of the first edition of Empower Her Art Forum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHEREEN BADR, Chief organizer and founder of Empower Her Art Forum 4. various of paintings at the art exhibition 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAKA ZEDELASHVILI, Georgian artist 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANNA GRYZLOVA, Visitor 7. various of artworks at the exhibition STORYLINE: The first edition of Empower Her Art Forum, an international art exhibition organized by the Artoday platform, concluded on Wednesday at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo. Paintings, sculptures and installations with feminine touches were displayed at the five-day forum to shed light on women's empowerment through art. The gallery gathered more than 100 female artists from around the world. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHEREEN BADR,

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3 female ministers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women's empowerment, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2014, on the occasion of its autumn festival. Two other female Cabinet ministers also visited the shrine, a move that will likely draw criticism from China and South Korea.

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Japan vows efforts to end human rights violations against women

Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2015, in Tokyo shows an international symposium on the empowerment of women. Some 140 female political and business leaders from over 40 countries and international organizations attended the World Assembly for Women, where the Japanese government pledged efforts the same day to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l symposium on women empowerment held in Tokyo

Photo taken Aug. 28, 2015, in Tokyo shows an international symposium on the empowerment of women. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sent a video message to the World Assembly for Women, in which some 140 female political and business leaders from over 40 countries and international organizations took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe hosts dinner party for 14 female ambassadors in Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C, front row) and 14 female ambassadors to Japan pose for photos at the beginning of a dinner party at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2015. Abe hosted the party to show his intention to promote the global empowerment of women. Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women's empowerment, stands on Abe's right. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Diet passes bill to increase women in workforce

Haruko Arimura, Japan's minister in charge of women's empowerment, smiles in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2015, as the House of Councillors passed into law a bill aimed at increasing women's participation in the workforce. Under the legislation, large public- and private-sector employers are required to set and publicize targets for the number of female employees to be hired or promoted to leadership positions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering as 3 Cabinet ministers visit war-linked shrine

Eriko Yamatani, chairwoman of Japan's National Public Safety Commission, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II. Also visiting the shrine from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet were Sanae Takaichi, internal affairs minister, and Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of female empowerment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering as Cabinet ministers visit war-linked shrine

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's minister for internal affairs and communications, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II. Also visiting the shrine were Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of female empowerment, and Eriko Yamatani, chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering as Cabinet ministers visit war-linked shrine

Haruko Arimura, Japan's minister in charge of female empowerment, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II. Also visiting the shrine were Sanae Takaichi, internal affairs minister, and Eriko Yamatani, chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female leaders gather in Tokyo to discuss women's empowerment

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) smiles while attending the opening ceremony of the 2017 Global Summit of Women in Tokyo on May 11, 2017. At right is the summit's president Irene Natividad and at left is Noriko Nakamura (L), chair of the summit's Tokyo host committee and chief executive officer of Japanese baby-sitting service provider Poppins Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female leaders gather in Tokyo to discuss women's empowerment

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (L) speaks at the 2017 Global Summit of Women in Tokyo on May 11, 2017, with the summit's president Irene Natividad listening to her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 female ministers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women's empowerment, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2014, on the occasion of its autumn festival. Two other female Cabinet ministers also visited the shrine, a move that will likely draw criticism from China and South Korea. (Kyodo)