Women hold less than 1% of seats in the current Egyptian parliament; previously, they held 12%. In Libya, a first draft of the electoral law reserved 10% of seats in the constituent assembly for women, but the quota was later abandoned.
议会中的妇女代表也遭受了打击。目前埃及议会的妇女代表数量不到1%；此前曾达到过12%。在利比亚，选举法第一草案为妇女保留了10%的制宪大会议席，但这一配额后来被取消了。