Government institution to pay fees for female candidates in parliamentary election
At least 70 seats for women, Al-Sisi to appoint 14 women, 48 will run individually, says Mervat Al-Tallawy
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Young political cartoonists use symbols to fight âred linesâ
Since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, cartoonist say it has become more taboo to draw the country’s leaders in an unflattering light
Egyptian Women aim for 100 parliamentary seats
Campaign to raise EGP 30m to increase female parliamentary representation
Egypt’s underground sisterhood
What the post-revolutionary Islamist and conservative onslaught against Egyptian women distorts is the growing strength of Egypt’s feminist counter-culture and grassroots female emancipation. Surveying Egypt’s political landscape, you might be excused for thinking that women are a minority. Only five members of the Committee of 50 tasked with revising the constitution are women. Unsurprisingly, this …
Constituent Assemblyâs female representation shows poor quantity, good quality: womenâs rights activists
Prominent columnist and journalist Farida El Shoubashy said that the number of seats allocated for female members is not sufficient, but the five members chosen are “heavy-weight.”
Study: 85% of women do not feel a political party represents them
A recent study by a market research company says 43% of women feel the situation has become worse since the 2011 Revolution
Womenâs groups troubled by draft elections law
Womenâs groups were hopeful that the elections law would guarantee greater representation for women
Farmers and workers fear under-representation
Representatives of farmers and workers express fears over parliamentary elections
Female under-representation in parliamentary elections criticised
As the draft electoral law is being discussed by the Shura Council, ESDP demands better female representation in parliamentary elections