"Now, with a leader of the [Muslim] Brotherhood's political arm in Egypt's presidential palace and its members dominating Parliament, some deeply patriarchal views the organization has long taught its members are spilling into public view," the New York Times reports, noting a statement released this week by the Brotherhood objecting to "a proposed United Nations declaration to condemn violence against women." Though "[t]he statement appeared in many ways to reflect the Brotherhood's longstanding doctrine," the newspaper notes that "[i]n an interview on Thursday, Pakinam El-Sharkawy, President [Mohamed] Morsi's political adviser and Egypt's representative last week at the United Nations [Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)], sought to distance the Morsi administration from the Brotherhood's statement." According to the newspaper, "The Egyptian government, she said, 'is working with all its powers and policies to stop all forms of violence against women'" (Kirkpatrick/El-Sheikh, 3/14).