“For women to become an active part in society…we don’t only need to change the regime… We have to change the Egyptian mentality.”
Nesrine Sharara, a human resources specialist in Egypt, says women deserve to see their rights recognised and respected as they make up half of the Egyptian population and a third of the country’s households.
“For women to become an active part in society…we don’t only need to change the regime… We have to change the Egyptian mentality,” she says.
Since popular uprisings swept across swathes of North Africa and the Middle East, women and their rights have become a hotly debated topic well beyond the region’s borders.
Much ink has been spilt on whether women have benefited from the uprisings. But what do women on the ground think?
“Women of the Revolution” is a Thomson Reuters Foundation project that seeks to hand women the microphone so they can speak for themselves.
