Egyptian women fight for a place in politics.

Shortly after last month’s parliamentary elections in Egypt, women from around the nation and beyond are beginning to mobilize.
At a conference on Wednesday organized by the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR), women called for serious reforms from the government to allow a more representative political climate in Egypt.
Before the elections, the ruling National Democratic Party promised that they would fill 26 seats with female candidates out of 444. When the elections were done and over, only 6 seats were filled. (Those ladies were aiming way too high!) According to a report by the ECWR, all of the country’s major parties abandoned their pledges to support women candidacies.
In result, the ECWR is requesting a number of radical changes in the government, including a legal amendment ensuring a 30-percent quota of parliamentary seats for women. I suppose they realized promises don’t mean shit unless they’re on paper.