MOUSHIRA KHATTAB BECOMES FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT’S HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

The Egyptian House of Representatives announced in October its decision to appoint Ambassador Moushira Khattab as the new president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). The decision marks the first time a woman has been selected to lead the NCHR since its establishment in 2003. Egyptian politician and high-level diplomat Khattab previously served as Egypt’s former Minister of Family and Population, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. She was Egypt’s first Ambassador to South Africa between 1994 and 1999.