I don't claim it is a meaningful step, just that it is a positive step, even though it is just a minor step.
I consider it a positive because it lets society know that it is ok for a woman to lead, for a woman not to be subservient to Salafists. The optics are positive , even if it is not significant in the grand scheme of things. The downside is Sisi using cases like this to cover-up his attack on civil liberties and if people fell for it. But there is nothing at all to suggest Egyptians would be so easily fooled.