The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development (ECHRD) and the Dialogue Forum Foundation released a report entitled “Women’s Participation in Parliament” which showed that women’s representation in 2020 elections increased by 30%. The report showed that in 2015 elections, there were 308 female candidates representing 35% of total candidates against 518 female candidates in 2020 elections representing 65% of the total candidates. This indicates that the representation of women in 2020 elections increased by 30% over 2015 elections. It also indicated that the number of female candidates in the lists in 2020 reached 261 compared to 112 in the 2015 elections.
Women Representation in Egyptian Elections
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