• About Us
  • Contact Us
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Sada El balad
Supervisor
Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief
Mohamed Wadie
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Schools & Universities
  • Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Hospitality
    • Food & Beverage
    • Travel & Tourism
    • Lodging
    • Recreation
  • Sports
  • MORE
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Technology
    • In-depth
    • Videos & Features
  • صدي البلد جامعات
  • صدي البلد عقارات
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Schools & Universities
  • Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Hospitality
    • Food & Beverage
    • Travel & Tourism
    • Lodging
    • Recreation
  • Sports
  • MORE
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Technology
    • In-depth
    • Videos & Features
  • صدي البلد جامعات
  • صدي البلد عقارات
No Result
View All Result
Sada El balad
Supervisor
Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief
Mohamed Wadie

El-Sisi Leads Women Empowerment in the Islamic World: Op-ed

By: Dr. Dalia Ziada

H-Tayea by H-Tayea
8:27 PM July 11, 2021
The Egyptian Challenge to Combat Domestic Violence: Op-ed

Dalia Ziada

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Whether you like the leadership style of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, or not; there is one thing you cannot deny. That is El-Sisi’s unconditional support for women’s rights.

President El-Sisi’s support of women’s rights is not part of a political plan to win a support base among women. Neither, it is not a political card to play whenever he needs to stop the international community from criticizing the human rights situation in Egypt. El-Sisi genuinely believes in women’s right to access equal opportunities to effectively participate in building the future of their own homeland.

 

In that sense, El-Sisi has been the first Egyptian president to challenge the barren social mindset, fueled by extremist religious rhetoric, that kept women suffering, for decades, under unfair norms and traditions. Within only seven years, since he got elected as president of the state in 2014, women’s rights witnessed huge and unprecedented leaps. For the first time in history, Egyptian women are currently leading state’s policymaking and legislative institutions with eight female ministers and a percentage of 27% of seats in Parliament.

 

In addition, during the past few months, El-Sisi has been working closely with the leadership of the Judicial Authority to allow women judges to use their constitutional right to seek working at high profile judicial positions at the Public Prosecutor’s bureau and the State Council. Hiring women in such sensitive judicial positions is a first in the history of Arab and Islamic countries, worldwide.

Advertisements

 

Nevertheless, the administration of President El-Sisi succeeded in ending the sufferings of women resulting from poverty and inhuman living conditions. That is, mainly, through providing government-sponsored health care programs and social solidarity initiatives that targeted the women in poverty, all over Egypt.

 

Following this unprecedented success in improving the status of women inside Egypt, El-Sisi’s next mission is to help women in Muslim Majority countries, worldwide. The suffering of women in the Islamic world is not limited to gender-based social and economic discrimination. Most of the suffering of women in Islamic countries stems from political instability and lack of security. A good example on this is Arab women’s suffering under the unbearable civil wars and terrorist organizations wreaking havoc all over the Middle East.

 

On Thursday, President El-Sisi launched the “Women’s Development Organization” (WDO) as part of the 8th Ministerial Meeting on Women of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). WDO is an international women’s rights organization, that is affiliated to OIC, with headquarters based in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sisi promised to avail all possible means for the new trans-national women’s organization to succeed. He confirmed that Egypt will create a think tank to be attached to the organization to help decision-makers with their mission to improve women’s rights in their countries within the framework of the OIC plan for 2025 and OIC’s Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW), approved by OIC members in 2008. President El-Sisi, also, confirmed that Egypt will pay the WDO annual contribution fees, on behalf of the 22 less-developed countries, who are members of the organization.

 

The Women’s Development Organization is the first organization of its kind, in the Islamic world. Its main goal is to encourage OIC member states to work collectively, and separately on the national domestic level, to advance women’s rights and increase women engagement in national and regional development goals. This requires challenging barren social norms and extremists’ distorted interpretations of the holly texts of Islam.

 

That is a great challenge, especially for Egypt, which hosts the headquarters of the organization. However, we expect a success for WDO no less than the success achieved by El-Sisi’s administration on women’s rights in Egypt, within a record time of only seven years.

 

 

 

 

Tags: EgyptrightsSisiWomen

Related Posts

Egypt Participates in Russian Conference for Translation
News

Egypt Participates in Russian Conference for Translation

June 30, 2022
Latest Iran Nuclear Talks Round in Doha Ends Without Progress
News

Latest Iran Nuclear Talks Round in Doha Ends Without Progress

June 30, 2022
Poland Welcomes 3 Mln Ukrainian Refugees since Invasion
News

Ukrainian Refugees in Poland Hit 4,432,000

June 30, 2022
Singer Amal Maher Reassures Fans "I'm Fine and Safe (Video)
Arts & Culture

Musicians Syndicate Responses to Latest Amal Maher Video

June 30, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II Makes New Public Appearance in Scotland Royal Week
Lifestyle

Queen Elizabeth II Makes New Public Appearance in Scotland Royal Week

June 30, 2022
Azhar Greets Sisi, Egyptians on June 30 Revolution Anniversary
LATEST STORIES

Azhar Greets Sisi, Egyptians on June 30 Revolution Anniversary

June 30, 2022

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Popular Stories

Sisi Back Home After 2-Day Visit to Oman, Bahrain
LATEST STORIES

Sisi Back Home After 2-Day Visit to Oman, Bahrain

by Nawal Sayed
June 29, 2022
0

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returned this evening, Wednesday, home after paying a two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman...

Ousmane Dembele

Barcelona Will Not Improve Their Offer to Dembele -Reports

June 29, 2022
Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande’s Stalker Arrested again on Her Birthday

June 29, 2022
Sudanese, Ethiopian Armies Engage in Violent Clashes in Border Zone

Sudanese, Ethiopian Armies Engage in Violent Clashes in Border Zone

June 28, 2022
Supply Ministry Pumps 120 Tonnes of Sudanese Livestock Daily ahead of Eid Al-Adha

Supply Ministry Pumps 120 Tonnes of Sudanese Livestock Daily ahead of Eid Al-Adha

June 29, 2022

We Chose for You

Sisi Back Home After 2-Day Visit to Oman, Bahrain
LATEST STORIES

Sisi Back Home After 2-Day Visit to Oman, Bahrain

by Nawal Sayed
June 29, 2022
0

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returned this evening, Wednesday, home after paying a two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman...

Ousmane Dembele

Barcelona Will Not Improve Their Offer to Dembele -Reports

June 29, 2022
Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande’s Stalker Arrested again on Her Birthday

June 29, 2022
Sudanese, Ethiopian Armies Engage in Violent Clashes in Border Zone

Sudanese, Ethiopian Armies Engage in Violent Clashes in Border Zone

June 28, 2022
Supply Ministry Pumps 120 Tonnes of Sudanese Livestock Daily ahead of Eid Al-Adha

Supply Ministry Pumps 120 Tonnes of Sudanese Livestock Daily ahead of Eid Al-Adha

June 29, 2022
  • News
  • Antiques
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Business
  • Youth & Education
  • Sports
  • Arts & Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Videos & Features
  • Opinion & Analysis

© 2019 see news -powered by 3a digital.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Schools & Universities
  • Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Hospitality
    • Food & Beverage
    • Travel & Tourism
    • Lodging
    • Recreation
  • Sports
  • MORE
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Technology
    • In-depth
    • Videos & Features
  • صدي البلد جامعات
  • صدي البلد عقارات

© 2019 see news -powered by 3a digital.