Egypt: Sharp criticism over law change limiting women’s rights
Al JazeeraEgyptian women’s organisations call for a review of a reported bill to amend the ‘personal status law’, saying it is unjust and regressive. About 50 women’s organisations in Egypt have published a statement laying out basic principles regarding women’s legal rights amid growing controversy over a proposed bill to amend the country’s personal status law. ‘Back 200 years’ The Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights, which signed the statement, said in a press release last month it rejected the articles of the draft law because they were unjust and regressive in their approach to personal status issues. She must Rights activists have called for the amendment of the bill, saying it fails to recognise women’s full legal capacity, her right to choose her own spouse, and diminishes her agency and rights.
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