Concluding Observations: Egypt_CEDAW_2009_English

03.03.10 - In 2009, the Center, in collaboration with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee highlighting Egypt’s failure to promote and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights.  The Committee addressed a number of the issues raised by the Center in its concluding observations to the Egyptian government.  These issues include

• Failure to protect women from sexual violence
• Inadequate family planning services
• Insufficient public information on maternal mortality and morbidity
• Deficient adolescent sexual and reproductive health services