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Working Paper- Empowerment is a Community Affair: Community Level Determinants of Married Women’s Empowerment in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyHanan NazierPaperRacha RamadanRagui AssaadWomen Affairs
October 01, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Ragui Assaad, Hanan Nazier, Racha Ramadan Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/empowerment-is-a-community-affair-community-level-determinants-of-married-Womens-empowerment-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper examines the contextual and community-level determinants of multidimensional women’s empowerment in Egypt, while accounting for the usual...

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Untapping Low Female Labor Force Participation In Egypt: Ending The Marriage Mismatch

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRana HendyWomen Affairs
September 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rana Hendy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/untapping-low-female-labor-force-participation-in-egypt-ending-the-marriage-mismatch/ Abstract: Despite significant increases in female educational attainment, Egyptian women’s labor force participation rate remains one of the lowest in the world. This can be partially explained by the fact that...

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Working Paper- Is there Feminization of Poverty in Egypt?

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperShireen Al AzzawiWomen Affairs
July 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Shireen Al Azzawi Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-there-feminization-of-poverty-in-egypt/ Abstract: This paper uses five cross sections of newly released Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey data to determine whether there has been feminization of poverty in Egypt during the last 15 years. The period of study is one...

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Working Paper- Is Women’s Work A Pathway to their Agency in Rural Egypt?

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyKathryn YountKristin VanderendePaperRania SalemWomen AffairsYuk Fai Cheong
June 01, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rania Salem, Yuk Fai Cheong, Kristin VanderEnde, Kathryn Yount Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/is-womens-work-a-pathway-to-their-agency-in-rural-egypt/  Abstract: Whether work is performed for household members’ consumption (subsistence work) or for sale to others (market work), it may be an enabling resource for women’s agency, or their...

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Working Paper- Women’s Participation in the Egyptian Labor Market: 1998 – 2012

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyPaperRana HendyWomen Affairs
May 01, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rana Hendy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/Womens-participation-in-the-egyptian-labor-market-1998-2012/ Abstract: This paper examines the reasons for the persistently low participation of women in the Egyptian labor market over time and across the different economic sectors, using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) 2012. This...

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Working Paper- Informality and Socio-Economic Well-Being of Women in Egypt

2015Economic Research ForumEconomyEgyptHala Abou-AliPaperReham RizkWomen Affairs
May 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Reham Rizk, Hala Abou-Ali Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/informality-and-socio-economic-well-being-of-women-in-egypt/ Abstract: The paper attempts to quantify the impact of informal employment on women’s contribution to the household budget. It further pinpoints the socio-economic factors that affect women’s struggle to meet their...

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Working Paper- Changes in the Institution of Marriage in Egypt from 1998 To 2012

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentEconomic Research ForumEconomyEgyptPaperRania SalemWomen Affairs
May 01, 2015 03:36 am
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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Rania Salem Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/changes-in-the-institution-of-marriage-in-egypt-from-1998-to-2012/  Abstract: Fear over the perceived breakdown of the institution of marriage plagues many Egyptian policy-makers and members of the public. This study examines the trajectory of marriage behaviors in three...

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Egypt’s Fight Against FGM: Is There Hope After All?

2015Culture, Education and DevelopmentJudicial AffairsMoushira KhattabPaperWilson CentreWomen Affairs
January 29, 2015 05:53 am
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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Moushira Khattab Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/egypts-fight-against-fgm-there-hope-after-all Overview: On January 26, 2015, an Egyptian court handed a physician a two-year prison sentence with hard labor, a fine, and the closure of his clinic for one year. The ruling is the first of its kind since a law banned female genital mutilation...

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