By Katie Bacharach
A Thomson
Reuters Foundation poll found that Egypt is the worst Arab state for women.
Egypt’s place at the bottom of the ranking is attributed to discriminatory
laws, a spike in trafficking, sexual harassment, high rates of female genital
cutting, and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring
uprisings. The poll surveyed 336 gender experts in August and September in 21
Arab League states and Syria. Questions were based on provisions of the U.N.
Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which
19 Arab states have signed.
Complete poll results can be found here.
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