Egypt's National Council for Women will start a training program to enhance women's political participation in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.  

The program, which starts in November, aims to prepare over 1000 female politicians and activists to run for parliament, teaching them leadership skills and educating them on parliament, campaigns and crisis and time management.

The council issued a report disclosing that the highest participation in the last parliamentary elections was in governorates in the South and North.

The council expressed disappointment that women were only able to garner 2 percent of the seats of the now-dissolved parliament.