Concluding Observations: Egypt_CEDAW_2009_English
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
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CEDAW-Concluding-Observations-Egypt.pdf