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TABLE 3. Comparing the Activities of the Female Members of the Egyptian Parliament (People's Assembly) During the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Terms.

 

MECHANISMS USED

TYPE

POLITICAL

ECONOMIC

SERVICES

SOCIAL

Second
Term

1976/
1979

legislative

proposals of a desire

1

--

1

 
   

proposal of decree legislations

1

--

--

--

   

proposal of a bill

2

1

--

7

 

censoring

requesting information

2

4

2

2

   

requesting a debate

--

1

--

--

   

questioning

1

12

15

23

   

interpolation

1

2

4

--

   

Total

8

20

22

32

Fourth
Term 1984/
1987

legislative

proposals of a desire

--

--

--

--

   

proposal of decree legislation

--

--

--

--

   

proposal of a bill

--

--

--

--

 

censoring

requesting information

--

9

5

1

   

requesting a debate

--

--

1

--

   

questioning

5

49

40

16

   

interpolation

--

--

--

1

   

Total

5

58

46

18

Fifth
Term

1987/
1990

legislative

proposal of a desire

--

--

--

--

   

proposal of a decree legislation

--

--

--

--

   

proposal of a bill

--

--

--

--

 

censoring

requesting information

--

--

--

--

   

requesting a debate

--

1

1

--

   

questioning

1

7

8

4

   

interpolation

--

--

--

1

   

Total

1

8

9

5

Source: Wahbi, Azza. ed. 1995. Al-Mar'a Al-Misriya wa-l-Ajhiza Al-Tashri'ya (Egyptian Women and Legislative Mechanisms).
Cairo: Markaz al-Buhuth wa-l-Dirsat al-Siyasiya.

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