Egypt: Women still marginalised from the judiciary

“When I was appointed by the Constitutional Court in 2003, I felt Egypt had taken a very important step towards building a freer, more equal merit-based society,” said Tehany al-Gebaly, Egypt’s only female judge. “Three years on, I am saddened to see that the obstacles to women joining the judiciary remain firmly in place.” In Egypt’s approximately 6,000-strong judicial body, al-Gebaly is the only woman in an executive judicial role.