Will Sisi help the Women of Egypt?

Both of the articles that will be compared have to do with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and how the treatment of women have changed since he was elected. The first article poses the question “are Egypt’s women really better off under Sisi?” and further discusses whether or not women have more rights under Sisi than they did before his rule. The article actually offers a fairly objective overview of how Sisi has interacted with women on the street and what the new constitution says about women. The second article talks about the new amendments posed for the Egyptian Constitution and how this may effect women. This article from the jurist talks about the proposed amendments which would infringe upon the rights of all Egyptians, and especially  women, simply because their rights are already so violated. The new amendments would give the judge in a trial the sole power to determine what witnesses may speak. The perspective on globalization that this post addresses is that of the Political Realist because the state is trying to use government power and, if that fails, military power in an effort to see their views carried out.

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