New
Age Islam News Bureau
04
October 2021
• Egyptian
Biker Women Dotted A Highway In Cairo To Encourage More Females To Take The
Plunge And Get On Two Wheels
• Iranian
Women Fear Setbacks In Hard-Earned Rights Under Raisi
• Woman
Comes Under Acid Attack On ‘Honour’ Issue In Pakistan
• Abortion,
Taliban In Spotlight At Hollywood Women’s Event
• What
You Need To Know About Twitch Through Eyes Of Saudi Female Streamers
• “I
Am Not Weak”: Qatari Women Unsuccessful In First Legislative Elections
• Ambassador
Moushira Khattab Selected President Of Egypt’s National Council For Human
Rights
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Jewish,
Arab Women March In Jerusalem For Palestine-Israel Peace Deal
Sep
23, 2021
Jewish
and Arab women rally for a Palestine-Israel peace deal in downtown Jerusalem on
Sept. 22, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
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Jewish
and Arab women rallied in Jerusalem on Wednesday to mark the International Day
of Peace and call for a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine.
"We
marched in Jerusalem, demanding the advancement of an agreement," Women
Wage Peace, an Israeli peace group composed of Jewish and Arab women that
organized the event, said in a statement.
The
women created a human chain around the walls of East Jerusalem's Old City near
the Jaffa Gate and chanted songs for peace.
Women
Wage Peace was formed by Jewish and Arab women in 2014 aimed for peace between
Israel and Palestine and for women's involvement in the negotiations.
The
last round of peace talks between the two sides failed in 2014.
Source:
Global Times
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1234895.shtml
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Egyptian
Biker Women Dotted A Highway In Cairo To Encourage More Females To Take The
Plunge And Get On Two Wheels
Oct
03, 2021
Dozens
of Egyptian biker women dotted a highway in the capital Cairo to encourage more
females to take the plunge and get on two wheels.
During
a one-day event, women of different ages rode their motorcycles and scooters
for some 30 km on the Cairo-Suez highway to deliver a message that women can
ride motorbikes just like men.
"Today's
event is meant to bring a large number of female riders on the road so that
people can see us riding easily just as men do," Wala Zouhier, the event
organizer and owner of a motorcycle training academy, told Xinhua.
"We
want to unite females for friendship and support by riding on the road,"
said the young lady, who leads an initiative to encourage women to ride
motorbikes and scooters.
Zouhier
pointing out that the ride will also promote the idea that women have the
mental and physical abilities to own and ride a motorbike.
"We
want to break a taboo and support women to use motorcycles and scooters as a
means of transportation," she said, "the number of female
motorcyclists is rapidly increasing now and more girls are willing to know how
to ride a motorbike or a scooter."
For
Heba Ahmed, a radiologist who got a scooter license recently, riding with a
group is an exciting experience that she was longing for.
She
revealed that it was uncommon for people in Egypt to see women riding
motorbikes. However, she said the phenomenon of female bikers is gaining
momentum in the North African country.
"People
are beginning to accept that women ride motorbike...male drivers on the road
show respect to us and I personally did not get harassed while riding,"
Ahmed told Xinhua as she sat on her scooter.
"I
go to work by riding my scooter and people do not feel surprised...it helps me
arrive on time when there is a traffic jam. My coworkers like the idea and some
of my female colleagues are seriously thinking to learn how to ride
scooters."
Heba
Abdelhamid, a middle-aged employee at an international company, uses her
scooter every day to commute.
"I
ride some 40 km everyday...it helps me save time because I live in the
overcrowded downtown," she told Xinhua after the ride.
She
said that her family members, especially her husband, welcomed the idea, adding
that she also received great support from people on the road.
"Riding
a motorbike or a scooter gives you freedom and I really love it,"
Abdelhamid told Xinhua, flashing a smile.
Source:
Global Times
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1235598.shtml
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Iranian
women fear setbacks in hard-earned rights under Raisi
By
Maysam Bizaer
19
September 2021
Ebrahim
Raisi’s pick for Iran’s vice president for women and family affairs has raised
eyebrows across the country, with many fearing the appointment of Ensiyeh
Khazali is a harbinger of potential setbacks for women’s rights under the
hardline president.
Khazali,
the only female member of Raisi's cabinet and former dean of Iran’s first
women-only public university, has previously made controversial remarks in
support of early marriage of girls and her objection to Unesco’s 2030
sustainable development agenda.
Azam
Haji Abbasi, the secretary-general of the conservative all-female Zeynab
Society party, reacted to Khazali’s appointment on Twitter by describing it a
"bitter joke regarding women’s rights".
Marziyeh
Mohebbi, a lawyer and a women’s rights activist in Mashhad, told Middle East
Eye that she does not expect Raisi’s government and his VP for women’s affairs
“to have a plan for gender justice or increasing women's participation.”
Mohebbi
added that appointing Khazali “can never indicate a determination to address
the issue of women.”
Meanwhile,
Iranian journalist Parisa Salehi recalled her first-hand experience as a
student under Khazali’s management when she was the dean of al-Zahra
University.
"Of
course it only felt like a university inside the classrooms. Outside, it
resembled nothing like a university, but rather a big Basij [militia] base,
which only corresponded to ten percent of students there," Salehi wrote in
a thread on her Twitter account.
While
a great majority of reactions towards Raisi’s pick for his only female cabinet
member have been negative, there have been some people who welcomed it.
In a
short message sent to MEE, Minoo Aslani, the head of the women and family
department at Iran's General Staff of the Armed Forces, welcomed Khazali's
appointment and described her as “a capable person who adheres to the
revolution’s principles and values with capacity to build public participation
of women in different issues.”
Women’s
rights under the Islamic Republic
Following
the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the change of the constitution, various
restrictions were imposed on women under Islamic law, many of which are still
in place four decades later, including mandatory hijab and a ban on female
singers performing for male or mixed audiences.
This
is while other laws such as unequal child custody rights, inability to seek
divorce unless otherwise agreed upon at the time of marriage, and
discriminatory inheritance laws, remain in place since the rule of Mohammad
Reza Shah.
But
discrimination against Iranian women also extends to other kinds of
restrictions that are enforced by religious authorities for being “un-Islamic”
or “against women’s values”. Running for president or riding a motorcycle are
just two examples of the areas where women face discrimination despite there
being no legal ban under the law.
For
all these restrictions, however, the Islamic republic has encouraged education
for women. For years, female students have outnumbered men at universities to
the point that authorities have at times placed restrictions or quotas for admitting
female students in some majors.
With
a population of 84.5 million, according to figures published by the Statistics
Centre of Iran, of which 49 percent are women, having a highly educated and
skilled female population has resulted in a major transformation of women’s
expectations in Iran, which has in many cases overturned the traditional roles
of women in society.
The
struggle of Iranian women fighting for their rights has been dangerous, as the
state generally considers activism as a threat to national security and
therefore there is no tolerance towards any major activities in this regard.
For
instance, last December, lawyer Hoda Amid and sociologist Najmeh Vahedi were
sentenced to a total of 15 years in jail on charges of "cooperating with
the hostile government of America against the Islamic Republic” on issues
related to women and families.
Slow,
but continuous progress
While
the struggle of Iranian women continued even in the early days of the
revolution, it lost its tempo during the devastating war that late Iraqi
president Saddam Hussein waged against Iran (1980-1988), and the following
years of reconstruction.
However,
social freedoms and women’s rights in Iran witnessed a degree of transformation
during the presidency of reformist Seyed Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), before
being pushed a few steps back under his successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(2005-2013).
Despite
the setbacks, however, a historic achievement was made for Iranian women when
Ahmadinejad appointed Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi as his health minister, against
all the odds and objections by religious authorities, making her the first and
only woman to have served as a minister
under the Islamic Republic.
In
2013, the landslide victory of Hassan Rouhani, who had run a presidential
campaign with a promise to bring equality for women, hope was renewed for
rights activists.
While
these changes were not as radical as some had expected, Rouhani made some
progress in slowly expanding social freedoms and job opportunities for women.
His administration became the first in the Islamic republic to appoint women to
senior roles such as ambassador, foreign ministry spokesperson, governor, among
others.
Additionally,
Iran approved a decade-overdue bill in October 2019 granting women the right to
pass their citizenship to their children born of marriages with foreigners.
Despite
the progress that Iranian women have achieved over the past four decades, the
country’s international ranking in gender equality is still among the lowest.
According to the 2021 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum,
Iran ranked 150 out of 156, making it one of the countries with the largest
economic gender gaps along with India, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and
Afghanistan.
Future
of women’s rights
“Both
Khazali and Raisi ascribe to ‘wives and mothers’ first and foremost, and will
probably propose policies similar to what we saw during Ahmadinejad’s
presidency, where mandatory hijab will be enforced more vigorously and women
will be policed more intensely in public spaces,” said Sussan Tahmasebi, the
director of FEMENA, an organisation working to promote women's rights in the
Middle East and West Asia.
Fatemeh
Hasani, a sociologist and women’s affairs activist in Tehran, echoed the same
concerns.
“We
are worried that, like in the Ahmadinejad era, we will not only not make
progress, but also have serious setbacks,” Hasani told MEE.
“The
ideological background of those in charge of the government is that the
presence of women in the community is not important and is actually something
against family consolidation.”
In
regards to the prospect of women’s rights in coming years, Tahmasebi added that
“women will be encouraged through incentives and disincentives to choose
marriage and motherhood over careers and singlehood.”
However,
she added, due to the country's severe economic woes, “these policies will be
difficult to sell to women, and financially difficult for the government to
implement.”
While
the country’s unemployment rate among women stands at 27.8 percent, some 71
percent of all female graduates remain jobless. According to Hasani, women make
nearly half of the country’s population and the government can’t easily ignore
their demands and needs without significant consequences.
While
seeking equality in the economy and the job market might be a major demand for
many years to come, there are many others, especially among the younger
generation, who aspire for more social freedoms in addition to the right to
work.
“There
are fundamental gaps between the real demands of women and what is being done
by the socio-cultural policymakers,” said Hasani, adding that these gaps “could
have major consequences for the society if they are not rightly addressed.”
Source:
Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-women-rights-fear-setbacks-raisi
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Woman
Comes Under Acid Attack On ‘Honour’ Issue In Pakistan
October
4, 2021
VEHARI:
A man threw acid on a woman on Sunday with whom he had contracted a second
marriage two years ago. The incident occurred at Mujahid Colony in the
jurisdiction of the Burewala City police, some 40km from Vehari, on Sunday.
Mumtaz,
40, contracted a second marriage with Rashida Bibi, 34, of the same locality,
two year back. Later, the couple ran into troubles after Mumtaz suspected his
wife had an affair.
They
exchanged words on Sunday and Mumtaz fled after throwing acid on her. Rashida
suffered severe injuries on her face and body.
She
was admitted to the THQ hospital, Burewala, for treatment.
SHO
Altaf Bhrwana said the police arrested Mumtaz within hours of the incident in a
case registered under section 336-B of the Pakistan Penal Code.
He
said that Mumtaz claimed his marriage with Rashida was intact whereas Rashida
claimed that the suspect was her ex-husband.
Source:
Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1650060/woman-comes-under-acid-attack-on-honour-issue
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Abortion,
Taliban in spotlight at Hollywood women’s event
BEVERLY
HILLS, Calif., Oct 2, (AP): A Hollywood event that’s supposed to be about
women’s empowerment in the industry and the world was more about how their
rights are being imperiled at home and abroad. Restrictive abortion legislation
in the US and the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan took center stage Thursday
at the Variety Power of Women event, which honored actor Rita Moreno, singers
Katy Perry and Lorde, poet/activist Amanda Gorman, and Channing Dungey,
chairwoman of Warner Bros. Television Group. The event celebrates the
philanthropic efforts of those in the entertainment industry, with causes
ranging from providing health care to the uninsured to reaching out to
underserved communities through the arts. Angelina Jolie spoke of all the girls
in the world who feel like outsiders as she introduced the 23-year-old Gorman,
who stole the show at President Biden’s inauguration with a powerful recitation
of her poem, “The Hill We Climb.” (Gorman plans to run for president herself in
2036, the first year she’ll be eligible.) “How many Amandas are living in
Afghanistan, hiding their journals, waiting to see if they’re going to be
allowed to go to school?” Jolie asked. “As if anyone has the right to decide
what a woman can or cannot do with her own mind and body.”
Jolie
continued: “There is nothing more beautiful, more challenging, and perhaps
unsettling than the free mind of a thinking woman.” Gorman then delivered a
poem so powerful, the speaker that followed her — director Ava DuVernay —
quipped: “Thank you to the person who decided that I would go after Amanda.
Lord have mercy.” The nearly 90-year-old Moreno, who became the first Latina to
win an Oscar, said that women have been deprived of power for far too long. “We
live in a time that requires us to be vigilant,” she said. “As women, many
issues require our attention in these dreadfully dark days, when our leaders
politicize the wearing of masks and polarize our citizens over vaccines, when
in the minds of many climate change is science fiction, and health care is
still not codified as a basic human right in this divine America.” Actor Alyssa
Milano said that “this is the most dangerous time to be a woman in America in
my life.” “Texas enacted laws that are worse than we could ever have imagined.
Other states are following suit,” she said.
“The
Supreme Court seems content to let it all happen. And both parties in the
Senate are failing us on this issue.” Milano then introduced a surprise guest:
Paxton Smith, the Texas high school valedictorian who scrapped a speech
approved by her school administrators and delivered an abortion rights call in
its place. Smith used her moment in front of Hollywood’s elite to urge them to
act. “There is no more time to wait and see what happens next because the very
thing we are afraid of is happening right now,” she said. “Every citizen of
Texas who has the reproductive capability of carrying out a pregnancy has had a
fundamental freedom stripped away from them, the fundamental human right to
decide what we do with our lives.” The Texas law is already facing legal
challenges, including a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration. “Royals”
singer Lorde used her speech to question her own power. The singer drew some
criticism after recording five songs from her latest album, “Solar Power,” in
the indigenous New Zealand language of te reo Maori.
The
songs, she said, sparked a hard discussion. “Is this wealthy famous white woman
being supportive or tokenistic? Is she advocating or co-opting for her own
social gain?” she said. “I welcome this discourse. Power like mine should be
interrogated. In the past few years, we’ve all seen that no system of power is
too big to fail, no person in charge too established to uproot.” On a night
when she and other powerful women in Hollywood were being honored, Lorde said
she was thinking of “the women whose birthplace or skin color or socioeconomic
status was always going to make it less likely that they be handed a
megaphone.” Katy Perry steered clear of politics during her speech and made it
a more personal night for her, fiancé Orlando Bloom, and their daughter Daisy,
who just turned 1. “Orlando, a man that is a friend and an ally to women all
around the world, thank you for handling the insanity of my life with such
loving grace,” she said. “And to my Daisy, a future powerful woman, I pledge to
you to do my best to be an example of one, to never put limits on your dreams,
to lead with love never through fear and to always be your lighthouse in any
darkness.” She then asked Bloom to loosen her corset so she could sing a song
called “What Makes a Woman.” As he worked to undo the back of her billowing
lavender dress, she advised: “Pull it all the way down, I have a girdle in
here.”
Source:
Arab Times Online
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/abortion-taliban-in-spotlight-at-hollywood-womens-event/
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What
You Need To Know About Twitch Through Eyes Of Saudi Female Streamers
RAHAF
JAMBI
October
03, 2021
JEDDAH:
E-gamers are on the rise in the Kingdom, and Saudi female gamers are matching
their male counterparts with their skillsets and tenacity.
The
attention of e-gaming is growing among girls, especially with the appearance of
platforms such as Twitch. Saudi female gamers are entering this platform
strongly, achieving high ranks and attracting considerable viewership.
Twitch
is an American platform that focuses on video game livestreaming, including
broadcasts of esports competitions, and began gaining popularity in the Kingdom
in 2017.
Arab
News spoke to several Saudi women about their experiences on the platform.
Catspawgirl is an avid gamer who live streams for five hours a day, and has
been playing games such as Apex Legends and Overwatch since 2019.
“Twitch
is the best full-time platform in Saudi Arabia, especially if you are a fan of
a certain game and want to watch people play it,” she said.
Pikaloli,
another Saudi streamer, said that there is no fixed monthly amount of cash to
be gained from Twitch; it depends on people’s interaction and visits to the
stream.
Catspawgirl
explained that to start an account on Twitch, you must first have a PC or a
console, and a desire for streaming: “The first year will be very difficult.
There will not be many followers and support, and this may be the reason that
people lose interest in this hobby.”
Pikaloli
said: “Before starting a Twitch account, it is preferable to prepare your
screen layout design and remember to introduce yourself and the games you would
like to stream to attract new followers.”
Catspawgirl
talked about attracting the audience by having a unique appeal. “I like to
change my look in every stream so the audience will come back to see what I
will be wearing, and I usually change my hair color and have a different makeup
look every day.”
She
advised girls who want to enter the Twitch world to communicate with their
audience and not stay silent — “just be spontaneous, show enthusiasm and
communicate.”
Pikaloli
has another way of attracting an audience — as the first Saudi Vtuber, which
means she uses a virtual avatar using computer graphics and motion capture
software technology.
“I
don’t want to show my face and, as a content creator, I always try to be
exceptional, so I decided to appear as a virtual character that simulates my
movements and facial expressions.”
Meshael
MR, another Saudi Twitch streamer, said: “The streamer must have a future plan,
enjoy every moment of the stream, find a unique feature in them and try as much
as possible to stay away from problems and drama.”
She
started streaming in 2018 and has more than 145k subscribers. She has supported
other female gamers and has helped them to gain more skillsets.
“I really
want to see the Saudi female gamer community grow. I know starting can be hard
because of the social challenges but the acceptance is smoother now,” said
Mashael.
Even
with the added support from their communities, the gamers said that social
media can be a difficult platform to break into, and break out of, too. There
can be bullying, harassment, inappropriate comments, an unfortunate evil in the
wide world of social networking.
“Social
problems are inevitable, especially as a girl who plays and loves to
communicate, laugh and talk a lot with followers. Sometimes I am harassed, and
I face a lot of bullying, but with the click of a button, we can hide all the
bullies and go back to our game,” Catspawgirl said.
Pikaloli
added, “I consider myself lucky that my biggest fans are from Saudi and the
UAE. Sometimes I get cyber-bullied by boys saying that girls belong in the
kitchen, but funny enough, they end up following me after they watch me play.”
The
Saudi gamer Bador Alhtheill commented that female streamers are hungry for
success and have what it takes to become the best in the world.
Sami
Al-Alwani, another Twitch gamer, said: “Girls are enthusiastic about creating
unique content for the world of games, and their numbers are remarkably
competitive with the international streamers. They have a huge following of all
ages, and they influence a lot of people.”
GCON,
Girl Gamers and Development community in Saudi Arabia, hold events and
tournaments in the electronic games sector and support the female gamer community.
“We
started our forum in 2012 supporting women gamers. We have created and hosted
many events.” GCON said in its mission statement. “We have 13 streamers in the
forum, and we have many projects in the development and production of games,
esports and entertainment.”
GCON
is encouraging female gamers to join Twitch, since unlike on YouTube the
streamers there do not need to have editing skills.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1940476/saudi-arabia
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“I Am
Not Weak”: Qatari Women Unsuccessful In First Legislative Elections
October
3, 2021
Voters
chose none of the 26 women who stood for election in Qatar’s first legislative
elections on Saturday, disappointing candidates who had wanted to lend a voice
for women and other Qataris in the Gulf monarchy’s political process.
The
vote was for 30 members of the 45-seat advisory Shura Council while the emir
will continue to appoint the remaining 15 members of the body that can approve
a limited scope of policies for the small but wealthy country, which bans
political parties. read more
“To
have all men is not the vision of Qatar,” said Aisha Hamam al-Jasim, 59, a
nursing manager who ran in Doha’s Markhiya district. She urged Qatari women to
start “voicing what they believe in” and vote for strong women candidates in
future.
“For
the first time in Qatar, this is the opportunity to take part in the
political,” she said as people trickled into the polls earlier on Saturday.
Jasim,
like fellow female candidates, said she had encountered some men who thought
women should not run. Highlighting her administrative skills, she focused on
policy priorities like health, youth employment and retirement.
“I
just say: I’m strong, I’m capable. I see myself as fit as a man … If you want
to see me as weak, that’s up to you, but I am not weak,” she said in the
polling station where men and women had separate entrances.
While
Qatar has introduced reforms to women’s rights in recent years, including
allowing women to independently get a driving license, it has been criticised
by rights groups for issues like the guardianship system, where a woman needs
male permission to marry, travel and access reproductive healthcare.
Human
Rights Watch in March said that when in 2019 women tweeted from an anonymous
account about Qatar’s guardianship system, the account shut down within 24
hours after cyber security officials summoned one woman. read more
Naima
Abdulwahab al-Mutaawa’a, a candidate and foreign ministry worker whose elderly
mother came to vote for her, had wanted to press for a body advocating for
women and children.
Several
female candidates had been seeking to improve the integration into Qatari
society of children of female citizens married to foreigners who, like in other
Gulf states, cannot pass their Qatari nationality to their children.
Qatar
has one female minister: Public Health Minister Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari.
While
Jasim stopped short of advocating for granting passports, fellow candidate Leena
al-Dafa called for full citizenship for children in such cases.
Dafa,
a writer, does not see those who oppose women in the Shura Council as an
obstacle because the ruling emir – and the law – support female participation.
“The
law gives me this right … I don’t care what aggressive people say about that,”
she said, adding that women were best suited to discuss their issues.
Al-Maha
al-Majid, a 34-year-old industrial engineer stood for election, alongside her
policies, to change mindsets.
“To
convince the males (to vote for women), yes, we may have to put in work or
extra effort … I’m willing to take this extra effort in order to be in and to
convince this society that the women can do so,” she said.
For
some, attitudes are hard to shake.
Male
candidate Sabaan Al Jassim, 65, supports women standing in elections but said
their primary role remains in the family.
“They
are here, they have their fingerprint and they have their vote and a voice …
But most important is in the house, to take care of the kids with the
families,” he said at a polling station where Jasim and Mutaawa’a sat across
the room from him.
Source:
Egypt Independent
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Ambassador
Moushira Khattab selected president of Egypt’s National Council for Human
Rights
04
Oct 2021
CAIRO
– 4 October 2021: The Egyptian House of Representatives announced on Monday
selecting Ambassador Moushira Khattab as the new president of the National
Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Egyptian
politician Moushira Khattab held several high-level diplomatic posts and was
Egypt's candidate for the post of UNESCO Director-General at the 2017 elections
but lost the runoff vote to her French rival, Audrey Azoulay.
The
House on Monday also selected Ambassador Mahmoud Karem as vice president of the
NCHR. Karem served as Egypt’s ambassador to the European Union and has been a
member of the NCHR.
Nehad
Lotfy Aboul Qomsan, an Egyptian activist in women’s rights and widow of
renowned Egyptian politician Hafez Abu Saada, was selected as a member of the
NCHR.
The
House selected other members of the NCHR, namely George Ishak Gerges, Hany
Ibrahim Fahmy, Ghada Mahmoud Hamam, Noha Talaat Abdel Latif, Samira Luke
Daniel, Mohamed Esmat El-Sadat, Dina Hisham Abbas, and Ismail Abdel Rahman
Mohamed.
Other
members include Journalist Ezzat Youssef Ibrahim, Dr. Mohamed Anas Qassem, Dr.
Mohamed Sameh Bandar, Dr. Hoda Ragheb Awad, Dr. Nevin Abdel Moneim Mosaad, Dr.
Noha Ali Bakr, Lawyer Abdel Gawad Ahmed Ahmed, and Lawyer Rabeha Fathy Shafik.
The
members also include Lawyer Essam El-Din Ahmed Taha, Lawyer Saeed Abdel Hafez Darwish
and Dr. Ayman Gaafar Ahmed, Dr. Walaa Gad El Karim, Lawyer Mohamed Mamdouh
Galal, Lawyer Alaa Sayed Shalabi, Dr. Mahmoud Mohamed Saad Metwally, and Dr.
Wafaa Benjamin Mitri.
Established
in 2003, the NCHR is composed of twenty-seven members, including the president
and vice president.
The
NCHR, through independent work in the country, seeks to develop and implement a
national strategy for human rights as well as to protect and promote human
rights in accordance with the Constitution.
The
NCHR’s vision is to “make human rights concerns a national priority.”
The
Council holds human rights-related conferences, sessions and round-table
discussions. It also posts regular reports about the recent developments of the
human rights situation in the country.
The
NCHR also cooperates with the National Council for Women and the National
Council for Motherhood and Childhood to enhance the state’s institutions’
efficiency regarding promoting human rights.
This
comes through developing media campaign and educational programs and through
training state officials.
Source:
Egypt Today
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