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According to the Peterson Institute for International Economics and other proponents of demographic structural approach (cliodynamics), the basic problem Egypt has is an unemployment rate driven by a demographic youth bulge: with the number of new people entering the job force at about 4% a year, unemployment in Egypt is almost 10 times as high ...
The Statues of Women in Egyptian Society. library.cornell.edu (accessed April 12, 2009) Ward, William. The Egyptian Economy and Non-royal Women: Their Status in Public Life. stoa.org (accessed April 12, 2009) Women in Ancient Egypt." Women in Ancient Egypt. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Sept. 2016. Women in Ancient Egypt; El-Ashmawy, Nadeen. "Sexual ...
A 2011 Population Fund survey found that 75% of married women aged 15–29 have used contraception. [ 20 ] Adolescent fertility rates in Egypt were 44 per 1000 in 2012, significantly higher than most economically developed countries and likely a result of early marriage and lack of universal access to family planning services.
"The United Nations commends the launch of Egypt's Women's Strategy 2030 under the leadership of the National Council for Women – a pioneer strategy globally for women's empowerment – and welcomes the presidential directions to the Government of Egypt to regard the Egyptian Women's Strategy 2030 as the reference document that guides the ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Egyptian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Egyptian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Earlier, a study in 2000 found that 97% of Egypt's population practiced FGM and a 2005 study found that over 95% of Egyptian women have undergone some form of FGM. 38% of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who had heard about FGM thought the practice should end, while 28% of the boys and men those ages did. [39] [87]
The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage and renewed calls for Egyptian lawmakers to take action. Islam Mohamed ...
In early Egyptian history (see Ancient Egypt), women's position in Egyptian society is believed to have been equal to that of men [citation needed]. For example, female gods played a vital role in ancient Egyptian religion , roles which can be identified as being of equal importance to that of male gods.