Hossam Abu-Yusif Quotes


It is a fight between those who are convinced that women are not qualified to be judges – you’ll hear a hundred justifications for this – and the few that are enlightened, convinced that women can be judges. But they are powerless.


Context

Actually, shortly thereafter some women in Egypt were allowed to be judges, but were not allowed to handle serious criminal cases on the grounds that women could not be hard enough to impose heavy punishment like the death penalty.


Citations

Hossam Abu-Yusif, Egyptian State Council Deputy, Statement, June 25, 2004

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