Mursi’s female female Islamist – Sunday Independent

Name of article: Mursi’s female female Islamist

Name of publication: Sunday Independent

Name of writer: SAPA-AP

Date: 20 November 2012

Country: South Africa

Theme: Gender equality, politics

Skills: Perspective

Genre: News

Gem classification: Gender aware

The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more women into leadership roles – and at the same time want to consecrate a deeply conservative Islamic vision for women in Egypt. Women’s rights have sprung to the forefront of the debate in Egypt as members of an Islamist-dominated assembly wrestle over the writing of the new constitution for the country.

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