The EU and Egypt as key partners are deepening their relations within the framework of the EMP and ENP. In this partnership the EU has a long standing commitment to promote womens rights and gender equality, which is reflected in the EU-Egypt Action Plan. In this regard, the EU has developed some instruments to reinforce this process, such as the European Instrument for Democratization and Human Rights (EIDHR). Womens accession to the judiciary in Egypt has been a hot button issue among judges for at least 10 years, between those who are pro and anti women judges within the judicial...