Dear Harshvarhan,

Thank you for taking the time to send me these resources.

Dawn

The Beijing Platform for Action considered the inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and decision-making at all levels as one of the critical areas of concern for the empowerment of women. It stated “Women's equal participation in decision-making is not only a demand for simple justice or democracy but can also be seen as a necessary condition for women's interests to be taken into account.

According to a study in 2006, “Egypt was one of the lowest performers

with respect to women in parliament. Yet, it has done very well in women's representation in decision-making positions within the civil service. Currently women in Egypt is very well represented in parliament as well as civil services.

References:

1- Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chapter. I, resolution 1, annex II. Paragraph 181`

2- Women and  the Labyrinth of Leadership, Harvard Business Review, September 2007,

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?article ID=R0709C&ml_action=getarticle&print=true

3- http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/women_leadership/On line_discussion_report_Women_in_Leadeship_Roles.pdf

Interesting Ossama. Thank you.