Dr. Mirvat al-Tillāwī, president of the National Council for Women (NCW), warned against the recent setback in the position and rights of Egyptian women in a way that threatens their roles in the development of the society during the critical stage Egypt is going through.

"There is no prominent place for women on the presidential candidates' platforms and agendas. All of them focus on the political and economic issues but they ignored women and means to activate their role," Tillāwī said during a symposium held on Monday (May 7) under the title "Women…before and after the revolution," under the auspices of the European Union (EU) Commission in Cairo. [Dīnā Kamāl, al-Ahrām, May 8, p. 6] read original text in Arabic