In recent years, there has been a strong focus on empowering and supporting women in Egypt, with the belief that their participation in all aspects of national action will lead to stability and progress in the new republic. There have been notable achievements in the realm of political empowerment and leadership, including a significant increase in the percentage of women in Parliament from 2% in 2015 to 28% in 2020. This is the highest representation of women in Parliament since they were first given the right to run in elections in 1957. Additionally, recent constitutional amendments in 2019 secured a quota of 25% of Parliament for women. Egypt now surpasses the global average for the percentage of women in parliament, which is 25.6%. Women’s representation in the Senate is at about 14%, and there has been an increase in the percentage of women in the Council of Ministers from 6% in 2015 to 20% in 2017, then to 25% in 2018, with 8 female ministers. Egypt ranks second in the Middle East and North Africa regarding women’s representation in the Council of Ministers. The number of female members in the Administrative Prosecution Authority is 1988 judges out of a total of 4635, 43% of whom are women. Additionally, five women have held the position of head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority. The political leadership is taking action to empower women at the political and leadership level by appointing women to the State Council and the Public Prosecution Office. 98 women were appointed to the State Council in 2021, and 39 female judges have been appointed to the State Council, bringing the total number of female judges to 137. In 2017, six women counselors were appointed as vice-presidents of the State Lawsuits Authority.
Posted by Iman Ali
Saturday, March 25, 2023 04:00 AM
The interest in empowering and supporting Egyptian women comes in light of the firm belief of the state and the political leadership that stability and progress will only be achieved in the new republic by ensuring women’s participation in all aspects of national action.
Within the framework of the political empowerment and leadership axis, recent years have witnessed remarkable achievements and progress. The most important figures are:
Increasing the percentage of women in Parliament from 2% in 2015 to 28% in 2020, as the highest representation of women ever in Parliament since women were given the right to run for the first time in elections in 1957.
– Egyptian women obtained a quota of 25% of Parliament in the recent constitutional amendments in 2019.
– The percentage of women’s representation in the current legislative parliamentary session reached 28% in 2020, surpassing the global average for the percentage of women in parliament, which is 25.6%.
The percentage of women in the Senate is about 14%, after the President of the Republic doubled the number of women by appointing female deputies in the House.
– An increase in the percentage of women in the Council of Ministers from 6% in 2015 to 20% in 2017, then to 25% in 2018, with 8 female ministers.
– Egypt ranked second in the Middle East and North Africa regarding women’s representation in the Council of Ministers (2021).
The percentage of women in the position of deputy governor in 2019 amounted to 31%.
– The number of female members of the Administrative Prosecution Authority is 1988 judges out of a total of 4635, 43% of which are women.
– Five women held the position of head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority.
– Appointing a female deputy judge to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2020, the second woman to be appointed to this position since the establishment of the court in 1969.
A prior report of the Council of Ministers stated that women’s political rights with regard to legislative councils included increasing women’s representation in the House of Representatives, to reach 165 seats in 2022, compared to 9 seats in 2012, as well as increasing women’s representation in the Senate to 41 seats in 2022, compared to 12 seats in 2012.
Within the framework of the political leadership’s interest in empowering women at the political and leadership level, President Sisi directed the Ministry of Justice to seek the assistance of women in the State Council and the Public Prosecution Office, and for the first time in Egypt’s history, 98 women were appointed to the State Council “2021”, and in 2022 it was the first time that it was allowed The State Council has opened the door for applications for both females and males to join the judiciary on an equal basis, and 39 female judges have been appointed to the State Council, bringing the total number of female judges in the State Council to 137.
In 2017, 6 women counselors were appointed as vice-presidents of the State Lawsuits Authority, and two women were appointed to leadership positions, Assistant Secretary-General for Women’s Affairs and Human Relations, as the first female advisor to hold this position in the history of state issues, Assistant Secretary-General for Personnel Affairs, and the proportion of female judges in the State Lawsuits Authority is 20%. 2021.
Egypt is making great strides in empowering women, with significant progress being made in recent years in increasing women’s representation in government and leadership positions. This reflects the country’s commitment to ensuring women’s participation in all aspects of national action, in order to achieve stability and progress. From increasing the percentage of women in parliament to appointing female judges to the Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt is setting an example for the region in its efforts to support and empower women.