Egypt

- Women's suffrage: 1956
- Equal Rights:
1962 National Charter called for the liberation of women to ensure complete equality; the 1971 Constitution proclaimed all citizens equal before the law, but with a qualifying clause.
- Women in government:
Women are prevented from holding certain high-level positions, such as provincial governor; because of a reading of Islamic law, a woman's testimony is considered worth half that of a man's, which prevents women from holding judgeships.

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
ARAB WOMEN AND VALUE SYSTEM
Contact person: Dr. Nawal E-Sadaawi
Arab Women Solidarity Association
25 Mourad St.
Giza, Egypt

WOMEN LEADERS
Dr. Amal Osman Abdel
Minister of Insurance and Social Affairs
8, Weissa Wossef Str.
Guiza
T: 731-600
Orn Kolsoum Abdo Moh'd Shalaby
Deputy Chairman of Transport and
Communications
4, Amr Ibn El Ass Str.
Roushdi
Alexandria
T: 840-450
Soraya Abdel Hameed Labanah
Trustee of the Religious Social and Endowment
Affairs Committee
8th Quarter-Nasr City
Atlas Building
El Akkad Str.
CairoŒT: 261-8844
Dr. Fawzia Abdel Sattar Ali
Chairman of the Constitutional and Legislative
Committee
30, Adly St.
Al Mongandiseen
T: 349-0355
Dr. Mona Makram Ebaid
Member of the Education and Scientific Research
Committee
14, El Gizera Str.
Zamalek
T: 340-7646
Gailia Gom'a Awad Hussein
Member of the Housing, Public Utilities and
Reconstruction Committee
Toar Sinai
South, Sinai
T: 77-0843
Dr. Horeya Tawfeek Megahid
Member of the Foreign Relations Committee
Member of Parliament
7, 26 July Str.
Appt. 12
Cairo
T: 936984
Sawsan Ibrahim El Sayed Ali
Trustee of the Manpower Committee
12, Shebeen El Koum Str.
Ismalia
T: 223-333
Fayda Mahmoud Kamel
Deputy Chairman of the Culture, Information
and Tourism Committee
73, Game' at Addowal Al Arabiya Str.
T: 915-581
Dr. Venice Kamel Goudah
Minister of State for Scientific ResearchŒ101 Kasr El-Eini Street
Cairo, Egypt
T: 202-354-0804
Information on the following Egyptian
Ambassadors may be requested through the
following address:
Foreign Ministry
Kornish El Nile
Cairo, Egypt
T: 202-354-1414
Ms. Moushira Khatab
Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa
Ms. Merfet El Telawi
Egyptian Ambassador to Japan
Ms. Samira Akdawi
Egyptian Ambassador to Mauitius