Aida Fahmy
Aida Fahmy | |
|---|---|
عايدة فهمي | |
| Born | Aida Riad Fahmy El-Qashlawi March 31, 1917 or 1918 |
| Died | 2005 |
| Occupations | Trade union activist; women's rights activist |
| Organization | Shell Oil Company Employees Union – Anglo-Egyptian Oil Wells |
| Known for | First Egyptian woman to join a trade union; first female member of the Supreme Advisory Council for Labor |
Aida Riad Fahmy El-Qashlawi (March 31, 1917 or 1918 - 2005; Arabic: عايدة فهمي) was an Egyptian women's rights and trade union activist.
Life
Fahmy was born on 31 March in 1917 or 1918[1][2] in Cairo.[3]
In 1946, Fahmy became the first Egyptian woman to join a trade union.[1][4] She joined the Shell Oil Company Employees Union - Anglo-Egyptian Oil Wells, which was later to become El-Nasr Petroleum Company.[3] She eventually rose to secretary-general of the organization.[3] In 1956, she became the first female member of the Supreme Advisory Council for Labor.[3] She helped enshrine equal rights for female workers in collective bargaining agreements.[3][5]
In 1957 Fahmy made an unsuccessful bid for the Parliament of Egypt.[3] She represented Egypt at the first Petroleum Conference held at the Arab League in 1959. and as a member of the official delegation to the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in 1958.[2]
Fahmy died in 2005.[3]
References
- 1 2 "السيدة عايدة فهمي". Egyptian Council of Women (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-03-29.
- 1 2 "عايدة فهمي أول نقابية في مصر". Copts United. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ahmed, Rasha (2023-10-25). "عايدة فهمي... صفحة مجهولة من نضال المرأة المصرية" [Aida Fahmy...An unknown page of the Egyptian Women's Struggle]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ "حديث صريح مع العاملة النقابية عايدة فهمي | شاهِد عصرِه | مؤسسة هنداوي". Hindawi Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ↑ Pearls of the Nile: The Pioneers (PDF). Women of Egypt. 2017.