Amal Ammar to lead the National Council for Women

Amal Ammar appointed National Council for Women’s new head: Assistant Minister of Justice for Human Rights, Women, and Children’s Affairs and longtime judge Amal Ammar is now leading the National Council for Women (NCW) following her appointment by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for a four-year term, the council announced earlier this week. Ammar was one of the first 30 female judges appointed to the Egyptian judiciary and has a long-standing history working at the NCW, whose helm she takes over from Social Solidarity Minister Maya Morsy.