{"id":10640,"date":"2025-08-27T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecwronline.org\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2025-08-27T11:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:56:54","slug":"ecwr-welcomes-appointment-of-48-women-to-state-council-as-a-milestone-but-full-judicial-equality-remains-elusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecwronline.org\/?p=10640","title":{"rendered":"ECWR Welcomes Appointment of 48 Women to State Council as a Milestone, But Full Judicial Equality Remains Elusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;force-left&#8221;]<strong>Cairo, 27 August 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"377\">The Egyptian Center for Women\u2019s Rights (ECWR) welcomes Presidential Decree No. 447 of 2025, which included the appointment of 48 women from the 2021 graduating class as Assistant Delegates to the State Council, representing approximately 23% of the total 207 appointments.<\/p>\n<p>This percentage reflects real progress, and ECWR values this step. However, it is important to stress that such a proportion still falls short of achieving the aspired level of equality within the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>ECWR honors the struggle of Egyptian women spanning more than seventy years to secure their right to appointment within the judiciary, in the face of societal, institutional, and legal obstacles that long stood in the way of achieving this right. What has been achieved today is the fruit of generations of women\u2019s perseverance and must serve as a driving force to continue the path of reform to ensure full equal opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>At the global level, estimates indicate that women constitute slightly over 25% of members of the judiciary, although some countries far exceed this rate. As for higher courts (Supreme Courts), OECD data shows that women make up 33.6% worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1464\">Looking at Islamic and Arab countries, women\u2019s representation in the judiciary varies widely, with an average participation of around 14% in Arab states. Notable examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1559\"><strong data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1478\">Algeria<\/strong>, where women represent 42% of the judiciary, the highest among Arab countries.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1694\"><strong data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1573\">Tunisia<\/strong>, where women\u2019s participation stands at approximately 43.1%, though this does not extend to judges in senior positions.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1697\" data-end=\"1846\">Conversely, countries such as <strong data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1763\">Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt<\/strong> record very low levels of women\u2019s participation, not exceeding 1% in some cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"2025\">These disparities confirm that strengthening women\u2019s presence in the judiciary requires institutional efforts and systematic policies to achieve real and sustainable progress.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard<strong>,<\/strong> Ms. Nehad Aboul Komsan, Chairwoman of the Egyptian Center for Women\u2019s Rights, stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis appointment is a positive step, and the women of Egypt deserve full recognition. However, it is certainly not the end of the road. What has been achieved should be the starting point toward a clear institutional path that ensures women\u2019s natural and stable participation at all levels of the judiciary, not through exceptional measures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2484\" data-end=\"2827\">ECWR renews its call for the adoption of concrete and enforceable policies to strengthen women\u2019s access to senior judicial positions and to remove the legal, social, and institutional barriers that limit their representation\u2014considering this a fundamental indicator of the State\u2019s genuine commitment to equality and non-discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;force-left&#8221;]Cairo, 27 August 2025 The Egyptian Center for Women\u2019s Rights (ECWR) welcomes Presidential Decree No. 447 of 2025, which included the appointment of 48 women from the 2021 graduating class as Assistant Delegates to the State Council, representing approximately 23% of the total 207 appointments. 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