The Will of the Egyptian Woman

The first article “Egypt’s electoral labyrinth undermines women’s political representation” that I would like to highlight is a blog by a James Baker III, a writer for the Institute of Public Policy, which looks at the growing concerns that are coming out of the political arena for women in Egypt, which can be found here. The second article, which can be found here, is called “Why is Egypt Prosecuting Human Rights Defenders?” and is highly critical of the government for prosecuting seemingly innocent people, especially women, who spoke out against some aspect of the government they did not feel was humane or fair. The first article points out changes that were made over the last four years since the Arab Spring that should have led to greater roles for women in politics have lately been overturned. These include the new constitution and the election law (Law 202) which was recently declared unconstitutional will “lead to greater fragmentation and ineffectiveness of the party structures in Egypt…this, in turn, will further limit opportunities for women’s political representation” (Baker). The second article specifically highlights the tragedy of human rights activist Azza Soliman who was murdered for denouncing police brutality in a peaceful riot. The perspectives of globalization that these articles represent are Cosmopolitan because they are looking outside the realm of law and politics to find solutions that will truly reflect the will of the people.

One thought on “The Will of the Egyptian Woman

  1. Great research into a sad reality of today’s world. Interesting to see about the woman who dressed as man to sustain life.

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