Out of the Powder Keg (full report)

Through the forthcoming report we hereby review Egyptian women’s conditions in 2013
The report is divided into five sections, these are:

1. civil and political rights
2. Social and economic rights
3. Violence against women
4. Some efforts of the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights
5. Report’s recommendations (Looking forward to the future)

First Section: civil and political rights
Women’s conditions regarding civil and political rights witnessed a withdraw worldwide, especially last year, as for Egypt, it came in the 128th rank between 135 countries regarding political empowerment of women in accordance with the Gender Gap Report issued by the World Economic Forum in 2013
In 2012, Egypt came in the 125th rank at the same report, this indicates less women empowerment in 2013.
Data of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) in July, 2013 indicates the huge decrease in women’s empowerment in the Parliament, as Egypt came in the 139th place between 189 countries with a percentage of 2 percent for women’s representation in the Parliament, while Rwanda came in first place with a percentage of 56.3 percent for women, South Africa comes in eighth place with a percentage of 42.3 percent, Mozambique comes in the 12th rank with a percentage of 39.2 percent and Algeria comes in the 27th place with a percentage of 31.6 percent of the Algerian Parliament are women.

The following table shows the order of some countries in terms of women’s political participation according to the report of the International Parliamentary Union
Rank country Elections date Number of Parliamentary members Number of women Women’s representation percentage