Nearly 100 women sworn in as judges in Egypt judicial body

New judges attend a swearing-in ceremony before Egypt’s State Council, in Cairo (Tarek Wajeh/AP)

Nearly 100 women on Tuesday became the first female judges to join Egypt’s State Council, one of the country’s main judicial bodies.

The 98 women were sworn in before the council’s chief judge, Mohammed Hossam el-Din, in a celebratory event in Cairo.