Vtm marginalized from decision-making and leadership positions and political participation that barely entered, but they’re in Permanent Defense on the progress of the successes in the years of struggle since 1919 under the pretext of the relevance of those rights to the former regime .
Elapsed in 2011 and inflicted on many of the Egyptian women, but there are optimistic for next year.
- Women the eyes of the world
Newsweek announced the U.S. on the International Day for Women on the list included 150 women from around the world, ladies and scrotum General Hrkin the world who was among the Egyptians are the Menu 4: d. Nawal Saadawi media and activist Gamila Ismail Nahttan peaceful and happy and Dalia Ziad.
And put Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Dr. Nawal El Saadawi in the center of the 16 in the list of the Top 100 Women in the active the world, and chose newspaper Erabiat Business Esra Abdel Fattah in the list of most powerful 100 women in the Arab world.
The Arabian Business magazine chose .. Dr. Dalia Mogahed famous Egyptian origin and adviser to U.S. President Obama, the Muslim world affairs .. The third personality in the Arab world in 2010 .. It gave the European Parliament Sakharov Prize, which annually provides for freedom of thought, one of the most important international awards in the field of human rights activist Egyptian names preserved with 4 of the most prominent activists Arab spring .. And dedicated the French Mediterranean .. Camellia Dr. Subhi Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture Award and a certificate of Discrimination Women’s World in 2011.
- Political scene
In 2011 witnessed the intentional exclusion of women not only from the Egyptian political scene, but the scene in the Egyptian year, and this is confirmed by the report of the bitter Kz Egyptian women’s rights, terms of monitoring the decline of women in this General seemed Bagsaúha of leadership positions .. Ministries of the revolution has been relegated to a small number of the ladies group included the ministries of Dr. Essam Sharaf, one woman, while included the Ministry of National Salvation, headed by Dr. Kamal al-three women were excluded from the post of governor, and the Committee on constitutional amendments, and even discussions on amending the Law of the People’s Assembly and Shura Council, and the law of the division of departments did not where the women involved only a very few among the dozens of men, and repealed the law of the People’s Assembly and Shura Council allocated 64 seats for women provided for each list that includes one woman at least, without specifying the place on this lists, which led to its position in the status of late so did not exceed the number of successful fingers, but activists also met with many of the abuses of their human rights, as well as the campaigns of hatred that demands to change the conditions personal, in addition to demanding the return currents of fundamentalist women to home and reduce their participation in society, forgetting that there 32% of Egyptian families headed by women will die of hunger, as well as on the Egyptian economy has been hit because women represent 23.2% of the official labor force and 70% of the workforce in the marginal sector.
- Elections after the revolution
This as well as the many difficulties that have guided the Egyptian women as candidates, including the breadth of services and give them parties , where the women placed at the bottom of the electoral lists and the abolition of the quota law and the loss of the women’s 64 seats in the Although the parliament to maintain a quota of workers and peasants .. The total women candidates in elections for the people present on the three stages, reaching 984 candidates of the total 8415 and female candidates on the 4847 individual seats and female candidates and 633 candidates on party lists of the total 3566 candidates and a candidate .. The results of the first stage victory of three women by 1.4% only two of them on the top of the Wafd Party Margaret Lazarus and are in the governorate of Cairo and Hanan Aboul Gheit in the province of Damietta, also won the candidate list bloc in the Egyptian governorate of Assiut Sana Saeed .. The second stage bidders for all of them 3 women on party lists they Azza Mohamed Ibrahim shelf Party freedom and justice in the province of Giza and Magda Alnuichi list of the Wafd Party, Freedom Party, Abdullah Alireza and justice in the East, and bringing the percentage of women in the Council to 1% of the total number of members and 498 which confirms the Egyptian woman fell on the level of parliamentary representation, at least in 2010, where the proportion of women by According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union 12.8%.
- Women in political parties
The number of Egyptian political parties after the revolution to approximately 50 new party, however, did not differ status of women within these parties placed much before the revolution, where neglecting most of the parties should stipulate that discrimination against women, has not been incorporated into the basic components of the party with the exception of one party, in addition to the a presence of women in the secretariats of the parties, and there is no quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the proportion of women’s membership in every party, and the percentage of women to leadership positions in political parties, has only one party is the party Revolution Egypt integrated database on the number of women in the senior and founding members of the committees and,.
The parties that formed after the women’s revolution, it is the new Women’s Party, proclaimed writer and social researcher Rim Abu Eid, the Freedom Party and membership announced by a lawyer and political activist Hala Tobar Party and right-Masri, who established by Nermin Mohammed Abdul Rahman, in addition to the Republican Party of Egypt’s youth .. Ghali, who chaired one of the referring women leaders and activists founded the policies of the girls and women with a number of young people.
- Programs of presidential candidates
Few of the election platforms of the presidential candidates focused on the potential of women such as Dr. Ayman Nour is the only candidate who care of women, and said in his remarks to the media that it is locked and can not without it tomorrow, while the firm re- Salah Abuasmaeil women in his platform to the Middle Ages, by asserting that women’s work is the reason why deviations in the world calling for its return to the house .. The Hisham Bastawisi keep quiet right of women to participate fully in the various fields of the world, did not specify Amr Moussa, a special program for women has no place to see it, did not provide any of the other candidates .. Anything about the women who are Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Hamdeen Subhi Ahmed Magdy Aljowaily team Hatata and contented himself with Muhammad Salim Al-Awa to speak his mind in his comments on women’s participation in the community, in contrast Kamel announced its refusal to marginalize the role of women after the revolution.
She stressed that her candidacy for the presidency affirms the right of women to take this position, however, raised a storm of criticism for women when it announced a number of Egyptian women by becoming the upcoming presidential elections on the pretext that it is good to take this position, and this confirms the continuation of anti-social culture of women in leadership positions, was not efficiency is the criterion, but the attack was because she was a woman, despite their history of political and human rights activist and writer whom Anas presence Eliwa Dalia increase.
- Women at work
And exclusion to diminish the right of women to work, as approved by the Ministry of Justice Palma’s initial request to amend the list of authorized, and there are materials under study, including restricting work Alpmodhunah men without women, and this is discrimination against women in violation of the constitutional legal advertising, was also suspended the work of committees of equal opportunities in All the ministries of Egypt, the Special Committee to Investigate the facts of discrimination against women in employment and positions .. And the difficulty of the movements of women working in the street after a security flaw that affects everyone and the proliferation of crimes and violence against women and from sexual harassment, rape, and revealed a recent field study by the Center for Alexandria’s Health and Development women, 75% of women subjected to violence 41% of couples have been subjected to physical violence from husbands is and 43% of the sample confirmed that the cause of the violence spread of some false religious concepts such as women lacking in reason and the religion and the right men in the discipline, in addition to the prevailing cultural heritage and society’s view of women’s inferiority glance, this What was demonstrated in the women’s march on 9 October 2011 in Tahrir Square, where she was active for the treatment of degrading treatment and a lot of types of harassment.
- Women leaders
See some of the leaders of Egypt to put women’s Egyptian women agree with the report prepared by the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights , but optimistic and whom Dr. Mona Makram Ebeid, professor of political science at American University and a member of the Board where people see that the former in 2011 with the participation of women throughout the year despite all the challenges, being Fbdoth in the first lines of the Revolution of January 25 .. Journalist and a doctor and a housewife in 18 days and on 19 March 2011 came out with enthusiasm to the design Aodhan construction of Heliopolis with men, despite their marginalization in the Commission on the constitutional amendment, without justification, because Egypt has experts in constitutional and legal affairs, however, did not give Egyptian women the onslaught to snatch their rights the pretext of association with Saddam, despite all the achievements of women that came after years of struggle and steadfastness throughout those years, until the struggle ended in their coming out this year in the great march was attended by more than 3 Pkramthen thousands of women demanding their rights and preserve and maintain the dignity of all women in Egypt and that was a rare event in the Arab world, and this promises to continue the struggle of the Egyptian woman in 2012 strongly without any surrender of any current returns on their progress or take away their right.
The Professor Ibtisam Habib lawyer and member of the People’s Assembly and a former human rights, says: fell women’s political participation after revolution, and this is clear, despite many successes achieved at the international and local levels, and I fear that it lacks We were asking for legislation in many issues such as violence against women, harassment, denial of education , child marriage, child labor, female genital mutilation, trafficking in human beings and the economic empowerment of women is not the public interest Egypt has a productive force and a large social base is the women, it is shame that it becomes the representation of women in Egyptian Parliament about 2%, and if we compare it with the women of Afghanistan, we find there are some 52% in Parliament, but Afghan women participated in the development of the Constitution of Afghanistan.
However Ttfael Ibtisam Habib year 2012, saying: From fancy that women will succumb to the pressures of reality and This is impossible because of no return back to whatever the challenges, and we wonder how the revolution has to lift the injustice and oppression that succeeded the signing of the same oppression and injustice to women is half of the society, and demanded that women smile Habib Egypt steps in the new year and a strong executive as necessary to revive the role of the National Council of women re-structured to continue to support women’s issues, and stimulate NGOs to sponsor women’s rights, because these institutions are the property of the women of Egypt, not to a previous system, also called the media to show the successes of women cadres to change the culture I have inherited other and gain the confidence of all women and not to surrender to calls to return home.