Egypt: Barring Women from Judiciary

Egypt: Barring Women from Judiciary

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2010-02-24 11:44

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On February 22, Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council overruled a February 15 decision barring women from judicial positions by the country’s administrative court known as the Council of State. Nadya Khalife, a women’s rights researcher for the Middle East and North Africa with Human Rights Watch said the organization was “very glad” that the decision was overruled, but stressed that there was still a problem.

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