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  Beware of the echo: the impending return of demographic pressures in Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014

  For many years, Egypt experienced substantial demographic pressures on its education system and labour market. This paper discusses potential reasons for these increasing pressures, with a focus on the currently growing young adult population.
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  State of world population 2011: people and possibilities in a world of 7 billion

  United Nations Population Fund, 2011

  This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people.
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  An exploratory study on child domestic workers in Egypt

  terre des hommes, 2010

  In Egypt, an estimated 2 to 2.5 million children between the ages of 6-15 are working as street vendors, domestic workers, agricultural labourers, factory workers, laundry workers and helpers for mechanics (ECWR, 2008, U.S.
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  Egypt Human Development Report 2010

  United Nations Development Programme, 2010

  This report deals with youth and development in Egypt, aiming at drawing young Egyptian people into mainstream society. The report believes that to complement the enabling conditions for the new Egyptian generation a number of prerequisite must be addressed.
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  Lessons learned on children and young peoples’ participation in development

  Capacity Development Web Site, Canadian International Development Agency, 2007

  To demonstrate the potential for children and young people's participation in its programming, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) launched a series of pilot projects integrating participation of children and young people at different levels of the project cycle.
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  The economic imperatives of marriage: emerging practices and identities among youth in the Middle East

  Middle East Youth Initiative, 2007

  Demographic transition in the Middle East and North African region has led to what has been termed a ‘youth bulge’, with over 50% of the population being under 25. With co-habitation legally and culturally unacceptable, young people often remain dependent on parental support until they can afford to get married.
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  Making children's rights work in North Africa: country profiles on Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia

  International Bureau for Children’s Rights, 2007

  This report analyses progress in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child in five countries of North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
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  Zero tolerance: stop the violence against women and children, stop HIV/AIDS

  Global AIDS Alliance, 2006

  This document describes a framework for a comprehensive response to violence against women and children, including the resources that would be needed, political and financial, for full implementation.
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  Breaking the silence and saving lives: young people’s sexual and reproductive health in the Arab States and Iran

  Harvard School of Public Health, 2005

  This research reviews young people’s sexual and reproductive health (YPSRH) and gender issues affecting young people ages 10–24 in 19 Arab States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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  The effect of child work on schooling: evidence from Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2005

  This paper includes causal evidence that lower crude rates of school attendance for Egyptian children are not due to limited access to schools but rather to a substantial burden of work.

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