Photo: Director Andrea Bottner Meets With Egypt’s Female Judges

Andrea Bottner, the State Department’s Director for International Women’s Issues, travels to the Middle East on July 13-21, 2008, visiting Cairo, Egypt and Amman, Jordan to meet with government and civil society leaders on a number of issues impacting women in the region.

Andrea Bottner, back row center, and Deborah Emmert, far left, meet with nine of Egypt’s recently-appointed female judges in Cairo. Also in the meeting is Assistant Minister of Justice Osama Ataweya, second from left. [Photo courtesy of May Abdeldayem, U.S. Embassy in Cairo]