{"id":11532,"date":"2022-05-21T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwrcegypt.org\/en\/?p=11532"},"modified":"2022-05-29T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T10:23:12","slug":"second-joint-statement-on-personal-status-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwrcegypt.org\/en\/second-joint-statement-on-personal-status-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Joint Statement on Personal Status Law\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Statement is open for signature submission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Joint Statement on Personal Status Law\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

A Welcome to the document of the National Council for Women on personal status law; it\u2019s urgent to open expanded community dialogue.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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On the official website of the National Council for Women, we have read the document “Determinants and Legislative Requirements for Amendments to Personal Status Laws”. We express our appreciation for the prompt and remarkable response of the national machinery in dealing with the current momentum on personal status law. We hope that successive interventions of the national machinery will always be frequent at the level of introducing policies and proposals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The document “Determinants and Legislative Requirements for Amendments to Personal Status Laws” reflects the council’s interaction with the initiatives of the feminist movements. The document contains numerous theses and interventions in the draft personal status laws and other relevant drafts laws issued by civil society organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The general framework of the document refers to six main points; the significant points are (the affirmation of the full-legal capacity of a woman, the protection of her rights and freedoms under the constitution, the preservation of her acquisitions, and the guarantee to obtain them). We propose to the general framework to add the personal status law based on the reference of binding international obligations and conventions on the rights of women and children. It is a constitutional obligation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Regarding the problems and procedural aspects dealt with in the document, they were limited to predominant cases of women, while the National Council for Women document is supposed to reflect the interests of all Egyptian women without any discrimination. It is an inherent constitutional right of all citizens of both genders. This is prompting us to reaffirm the rule of law and the right to equality under the law for all without discrimination, as a major regulator to organize citizens’ relationships with each other with broad diversity and regulate everyone’s relationship with the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tentatively, we highly value this document. However,\u00a0it needs to open a dialogue about it and build a broad consensus that will promote priorities that cannot be regressed if the country witnesses a new personal status law. On the other hand, we emphasize the continuation of our movement towards a “civil law of personal status”. This will uphold the rule of the constitution and the law as a comprehensive reference for the citizenship of all Egyptians of both genders and uphold the rule of law in accordance with a harmonious constitution that organizes the relationship between citizens in the family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We hope that the National Council for Women will undertake several community dialogue events on the document. Also, we hope that the dialogue table will bring together a broad spectrum of stakeholders in a new personal status law with significant participation. Consideration of the draft law is not limited to the Ministry of Justice, apart from the visions and discussions of the feminist movement and civil society organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Signatures of institutions and individuals;<\/span><\/h4>\n

Institutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

New woman foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cairo Foundation for Development & Law\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance<\/span><\/p>\n

El Nadim Center For Management & Rehabilitation of victims of violence<\/span><\/p>\n

Tadwein Center for Social Gender Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Edraak Foundation for Development & Equality<\/span><\/p>\n

Egyptian Without Borders Foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Forum for Women in Development<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Front for Egyptian Women<\/span><\/p>\n

Daughter of The Earth Association – Mansoura<\/span><\/p>\n

Campaign for a Unified Civil Code of Personal Status<\/span><\/p>\n

Superwoman initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

Speak up initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanad initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

Barah Amen initiative\/ Safe space initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

Sout to support women\u2019s rights initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

El Hak Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Human Rights<\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteers Network for Development and Human Rights\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SAAND Program<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabiya Association for Woman and Child\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Scientific Association for Horticultural Development\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kahila Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n

Women & Society Association<\/span><\/p>\n

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Individuals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bothaina Kamel- Mediaperson<\/span><\/p>\n

Basant Hassan Salama – Writer and media person<\/span><\/p>\n

Maha Al Aswad – Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Shahinaz Abdel Salam – Feminist and engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

Karima Abou El Nour – Political Psychologist<\/span><\/p>\n

Samar Adel – Economist – Researcher in Political Psychology<\/span><\/p>\n

Ilham Aidaros – Politician and translator<\/span><\/p>\n

Rawya Karsha – An Egyptian citizen<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Jihad Mohamed – Professor at the Agricultural Research Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Nahla El Dabaa – Sabya Association for Women and Children<\/span><\/p>\n

Heba Adel – Egyptian female foundation, Lawyer in cassation<\/span><\/p>\n

Amira Abdel Hakim – Lawyer<\/span><\/p>\n

Hala Mostafa – Egyptian citizen<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Raouf Helmy – Egyptian lawyer<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmed Mansour – Researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nadia Abdel Wahab – Doctor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amani Abu Zaid – Chairman of the board of directors of Amakan for Technical Services<\/span><\/p>\n

Zainab Abdel Latif – Director of Helwan for Community Development\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Karima El Hefnawy – Pharmacist<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayat El-Shimy – Artist<\/span><\/p>\n

Amal El-Sayed – Researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Faten Adly – Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashraf El Bahrawy – Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

Mona Abdel Radi – Journalist<\/span><\/p>\n

Somaya Mohamed Adly – Chemist\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heidi Talaat Raei – Human resources Specialist<\/span><\/p>\n

Dai Saad Rahmy – Translator<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadia Mohamed Ali – Engineer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mona Hamed Emam – Doctor<\/span><\/p>\n

Magda Adly – Doctor<\/span><\/p>\n

Adel Ibrahim Omari – Doctor\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hebatullah Ali Muhammad – Visual artist\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Mounir Mujahid – Engineer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nesma Al-Khatib – Lawyer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel Tharwat – Lawyer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ayat Al Habal – Journalist\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rasha Al-Jabali – Syndicalist<\/span><\/p>\n

Eman Al-Darby – Chief editor of Hawa magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yasmine Jibril – Doctor and public health researcher\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rania Hilal – Journalist<\/span><\/p>\n

Mona Abdel-Radi – Journalist<\/span><\/p>\n

Suzanne Nada – Lawyer<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadi Abdel Karim – Legal Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Salwa El-Antari – Economic researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Omaima Imad El-Din – Founding member of the Bread and Freedom Party (under establishment)<\/span><\/p>\n

Amal Mamdouh – Egyptian citizen<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohamed Abdel Hakim Ibrahim – Cooperative Consultant\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashraf Abdel-Wanis El-Deljawi – Worker<\/span><\/p>\n

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