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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