Editor-in-Chief of Sada ElBalad English website (SEE) Mohamed Wadie has been chosen to be a member of the National Council for Women (NCW) in the Giza governorate.
SEE staff congratulated Mr. Wadie, on his membership of the council, wishing him more success in his life.
Wadie is currently a member of the board of directors of Dar El Maaref Printing and Publishing House and has a long history of defending women’s rights.
The National Council for Women (NCW) is an Egyptian national entity. It is the only national independent women’s machinery in Egypt.
NCW was previously established by Presidential Decree No. 90 of 2000. It is affiliated to the President of the Republic of Egypt. In 2018, Law no. 30/2018 was passed to institutionalize the work of the National Council for Women.
The law was drafted to go in line with Articles 11 and 53 of the constitution, which state that men and women are equal in terms of civilian, political, economic, social and cultural rights, that citizens are equal before the law regardless of religion, gender, color, and language, and that the state will take all measures necessary to eliminate all forms of discrimination in society.
