Egyptian Women March for Rights

Activists in Cairo are calling for a million women march on Tuesday to coincide with International Women's Day. In Cairo the march will begin in Tahrir Square, scene of the mass sit-in during Egypt's revolution that was critical in bringing down former President Hosni Mubarak as well as the shortlived premiership of Ahmed Shafiq.

Aalam Wassef, one of the march's organisers, told the Guardian the march would build on the "amazing unity" between men and women in the 18 days of the revolution.

Wassef said the idea for the march began when protests lost momentum shortly after Shafiq was appointed prime minister, and an all-male constitutional committee charged with drawing up amendments was formed. Egypt will vote on the amendments in a referendum on 19 March.

Female input on the drafting of Egypt's constitution is a key demand of the march organisers, as is their call for legislative changes that will guarantee complete gender equality.