The ancient Egyptians respected the status of woman and admitted her role on equal footing with man. And history recorded names of Egypt s queens and famous women such as Hetchapsut, Nefertari, Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Shagaret- el Dorr. The women in Egypt now represent 27% of the diplomatic corps personnel, and the Egyptian woman now enjoys full political rights since the year 1956, and she has become a minister in all Egyptian successive governments since more than 40years ago.
An International Women Summit will be held in Cairo next June 10-12, 2006 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak. Such summit will be the first of its own to be hold in an Arab country since 15 years
"Ruler of the Nile," "Daughter of Gods," and "Empress of the Mediterranean" or let us say Nefertiti; she was the female pharaoh who followed Hatshepsut and she remained highly controversial than her precedent.
This part tackles the most important indicators for the Egyptian women’s health especially which pertains to the mothers and female reproductive health in Egypt.