[2][3] The law was drafted to go in line with Articles 11 and 53 of the constitution, which state that men and women are equal in terms of civilian, political, economic, social, and cultural rights; that citizens are equal before the law regardless of religion, gender, color, and language; and that the state will take all measures necessary to eliminate all forms of discrimination in society.
The council is responsible for ensuring that Egyptian women are treated on equal footing with men in terms of political, economic, social and cultural rights.
The council shall also ill seek to reinforce women's rights in line with the constitution and international conventions signed by Egypt.
The Council is consisting of a technical secretariat that is based in Cairo.It has specialized committees such as: Education, youth, political participation, Civil society, culture, external affairs, health, governorates, legislative, training, rural women, disabilities, economic, scientific research, media, environment and Families of martyrs.
Directive to the Government of Egypt to adopt all its contents and consider it as a guide and a roadmap for all the work concerning the empowerment of women.
To ensure rigorous monitoring for the strategy, Egypt National Observatory for Women established ENOW that follows up on its implementation of the targets of the status of women in the period from 2017 to 2030[8] through monitoring and evaluation including the establishment of baselines and follow up indicators to measure and track progress.