Women in Egypt’s Parliament: Growing Presence but Little Change

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Egyptian Streets
Date of source:
12 Oct 2015

Egyptian women were given the right to run for parliament in 1956, making them the first to be granted suffrage rights in the Arab world. This article provides an overview of the number of women in parliaments since 1956.

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