Cairo (CNN) -- A few days before the runoff elections that brought the Muslim Brotherhood candidate to the presidency, I was invited along with other civil activists to meet Mohamed Morsi. He did not show up, but his top advisers were present. After the long speech they gave about how Morsi will empower the civil society and that the Muslim Brotherhood will respect human rights including women's rights, a colleague of mine raised his hand to ask a question. "I saw in your booklet that you respect human rights and women rights according to Sharia," my colleague asked. "Is it different from the rights mentioned in the international conventions that Egypt has signed?"
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Egyptian activist says Muslim Brotherhood views women only in terms of role as mother and housewife
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Dahlia Ziada argues Muslim Brotherhood has shameful record of marginalizing women
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New President Mohamed Morsi has much to prove to protect women's rights, she adds
"@placeholder values women more than the international conventions," the Morsi adviser said.