Understanding Violence Against Women in Egypt

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) held a virtual panel discussion on Dec 9, 2021 titled, "Violence Against Women in Egypt: Between Policy and Practice." According to Nada Nashat, advocacy coordinator at the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance, one of the maj...

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Published in:The Washington report on Middle East affairs 2022-03, Vol.41 (2), p.53-54
Main Author: Ali, Mona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abused women
Crimes against
Divorce
Gender-based violence
Human rights
Laws, regulations and rules
Marriage
Sex crimes
Sexual harassment
Suicides & suicide attempts
Violence
Womens rights
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Summary:The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) held a virtual panel discussion on Dec 9, 2021 titled, "Violence Against Women in Egypt: Between Policy and Practice." According to Nada Nashat, advocacy coordinator at the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance, one of the major issues facing Egyptian women is the 101-year-old personal status law, which governs family issues. The law, she said, reveals exactly how the country views women: as subservient to men, "not as citizens, people with full power." Nashat pointed to the issue of divorce as one poignant example of how the law is unfair to women. Under the Islamic personal status law (there is a separate personal status law for Christians), a man can say to a woman, "you are divorced," and just like that the couple is religiously divorced.
ISSN:8755-4917
2163-2782