Earlier in March the Muslim Brotherhood publicly affirmed its longstanding views on women for the first time since 2011, when they gained power under president Mohamed Morsi.
The United Nations proposed a declaration to to condemn violence against women, The Brotherhood responded by saying that they believe wives should not have the right to right to file legal complaints against their husbands for rape, and that daughters should not get the same inheritance rights as sons, and that the husband must have "guardianship" over his wife, recommending the "husband's consent in matters like travel, work or use of contraception".
There are many Conservative Egyptian women who agree with this. But it is adding to the struggle against traditionalist culture for activists.
Women's rights still have a long way to go.
(http://www.thetakeaway.org/2013/mar/18/state-womens-rights-middle-east/)
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