No Arab Spring for Egypt's women

◼ Side-by-side with fellow male protesters, Egypt's women stood on Tahrir Square demanding freedom and democracy. But due to the military regime and the rise of Islamic factions the situation of women is deteriorating. - dw

Since last year's revolution women are worse off, despite having stood together with the men, demanding freedom on Cairo's Tahrir Square....

The new parliament is even considering revoking the so-called Personal Status Law that women had been fighting for for years. If successful, it would mean that women could no longer divorce - only men would have the right to do so.
Women would also lose the right to bring up their children beyond the age of nine. Fathers could then take away their children aged nine, not 15 as the law states now.... More at the link.