Dear readers
My beloved graduate student Heba Galal has gotten me the names of women in parliament.
My beloved graduate student Heba Galal has gotten me the names of women in parliament.
You can find all the names of candidates in Shorouk News but in Arabic,
Here is the website :-
Here are the names of the candidates of women in the parliament:-
Lists (332 seats)
1. Margret Azer (Al-Wafd /workers)
Second district of Cairo
Nasr city
2. Sana Ahmed
Mohamed Gamal El-Din (workers / Egyptian
Second district of Assuit “Al Fateh”
3. Hanan Saad Aboul
Gheit Hassan (workers / Al-Wafd)
Damietta Governorate
4. Azza Mohamed Ibrahim El Gerf (farmer/Freedom
and Justice)
Second district of Giza (Bulaq)
5. Magda Hassan Alnuichi (workers
Ismailia Governorate
6. Huda Muhammad Anwar Abdul
Second district of Qaliubiya ”Shubra Al Khaimah”
Individuals (166 seats)
7. Nehad Al-Qasim Syed
Abdul Wahab Khudair (
Benisuef Governorate
10 candidates are being recruited by
SCAF in the parliament-- among them 2 women
8. Suzey Adley Nashed
9. Brian Malak Kamal
It's pretty disappointing the number of women in the new elected parliament. One can't help but feel scared of how women and their role in society shall be perceived in the coming future. The previous constituent assembly was a joke with just 6 women out of 100 members when the media keeps repeating this sentence (women represents half the society) then where did this half go in every significant event that we're going through now.. the parliament, the constituent assembly, the presidential election.. Are women really represented?! Check this article on the Egyptian election and the role of women by Dr. Hania El Sholkamy (Associate Research Professor at the Social Research Centre of the American University in Cairo.): (http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/22/opinion/egypt-women-electionshokalmy/index.htmliref=allsearch&utm_source=newsatauc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news)
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ReplyDeleteDear Salma
ReplyDeletewith regard to women's representation in parliament, one of the issues was the list system. Many of the parties were so worried about getting elected at all that they placed their strongest candidates at the top. In their view, strong candidates were men. I will definitely read hania's article.