Women empowerment is a topic that is almost always discussed by many, the world is adapting to new ideologies and gender roles are being widened. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said that Egyptian women can work at the State Council and the Public Prosecution for the first time in the country’s history starting the first of October, on Wednesday in a meeting with top judicial figures. "Trendify" aimed to seek perspectives of those related to this issue and clarify this presidential decision.
“We have been demanding these rights for a long time and it was usually rejected, but this success goes back to the political authorities”, said Margaret Azer, member of Women’s Rights council in Egypt, in exclusive statements to “Trendify”.
“We tried hard to get women to roles in judicial authorities but some political groups refused this completely such as the administrative prosecution, and today we have women in the Public Prosecution sector, '' added Azer.
“It is truly a historic milestone, we are in a golden era for women,” Azer concluded.
Azer added that women in Public Prosecution will add many positive outcomes in the judicial process, and they will judge based on credible documents and evidence, as opposed to the propagated stereotype that women’s judgement will be affected by their emotional state. There will be no differences based on gender in their performance in these roles.
“This is a highly positive move and it is a continued process of the political authorities in Egypt in empowering and supporting women,” said Ahmed Mhana, Deputy of the Manpower Committee in the House of Representatives, to “Trendify”. “The Egyptian woman proved her trustworthiness in many situations and showed that she can handle anything correctly, this is a newly developed perspective ever since 2011,” Deputy Mhana added.
“In my opinion, Egyptian women are worthy of these roles and will be of great support in the judicial process,” Deputy Mhana said.
It was a long process for them to reach this milestone, after proving their competence with support from political and executive authorities, Deputy Mhana added and confirmed that the most important standard for the approval of someone in a judicial role is scientific and personal efficiency, regardless of the gender.
Huda Al-Sada, Chairwoman of the Women and Memory Foundation board of Trustees, told “Trendify” that there are no specific qualifications for women to participate in these roles, and the stereotype of women’s judgement being affected by their emotional state is incorrect.
“The lack of women participating in judicial roles was a great flaw in the system, and it was about time that it was fixed,” said chairwoman Al-Sada, adding that it is vital to create balance in the existence of both genders fairly and the main issue is to eliminate any discrimination.
“Of course women will add a more positive outcome to the judicial process, since there was a flaw to be fixed, now this justice will result in better repercussions”, concluded the chairwoman.