And sadly, it's off to a bad start

International Women's Day starting out poorly in Egypt. Women gathered to request more equality in the new government, but it didn't seem to be received too well.

http://www.businessinsider.com/womens-day-protest-tahrir-2011-3

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/7232/Egypt/Politics-/Women-excluded-from-Egypt-constitutional-reform-me.aspx

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/03/201138133425420552.html



On twitter, @pakinamamer was posting updates all morning (she was on the square) and it doesn't sound pretty.

More stories:


http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0308/On-International-Women-s-Day-Egyptian-women-demand-revolutionary-role


http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/08/2104157/egyptian-womens-rights-protest.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/08/rival-protesters-clash-women-tahrir


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134369238

And on a somewhat more inspiring note: Women of the revolution