There is one target for this goal:
3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.
Much of the women's rights issues in Egypt have to do with the cultural battle with conservative Islam.
As an example, if women divorce their husbands in Egypt, they only receive child support until the child has been weaned, according to the Ayman Sultan Law Firm website.
Women do have suffrage in Egypt.
According to the UNICEF Report on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting:
Egypt has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation. 91% of women have undergone the procedure.
Only 35% of women think the practice should end.
"Social acceptance is the most frequently cited reason for supporting the continuation of the practice"
Egypt is ranked 130 out of 151 for gender inequality according to the UNDP Gender Inequality Index.
According to the World Bank, the literacy rate of females ages 15-24 was 86% in 2012.
It was 84% in 2010. This was opposed to 91% and 92% in those respective years for males.
There is a national organization called The National Council for Women.
Their page on combating sexual harassment is especially interesting.
An interesting figure is Heba Kotb. She is a sex therapist and the host of a TV show called, "The Big Talk," on which she answers questions about sex. It is fascinating to see how her show is seen as extremely liberal in Egypt, while it would be seen as very conservative in the west.
Here is another page which is about child marriage in Egypt.
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