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Arab environment: climate change and the impact of climate change on Arab countries
Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2009Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense.DocumentPoverty lines in Greater Cairo: underestimating and misrepresenting poverty
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2009The way in which poverty is defined and measured influences who is considered to be poor, how the state responds and how successful the state responses are judged to be. As this paper aims to demonstrate, if the definition is incorrect or based on inaccurate data, the scale and nature of poverty can be greatly underestimated.DocumentInformality in Egypt: a stepping stone or a dead end?
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2009In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in many of the Least Developed Countries’ labour markets. This is partly because employment in the informal economy tends to expand during periods of economic adjustment or transition. By the late 1990s, more than two thirds of new workers in Egypt started work in informal employment.DocumentAn introduction to human rights in the Middle East & North Africa: a guide for NGOs
Network Learning, 2009The international human rights system has been slow to develop in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.DocumentReaching women in Egypt: a success story
Community Eye Health Journal, 2009In Egypt women are not using eye care services as frequently as men, especially in rural areas. Therefore women in Egypt are more likely than men to suffer from low vision or blindness from avoidable causes. This article in Community Eye Health Journal considers how women can be reached within the community and their level of access to eye health services improved.DocumentThe right to asylum between Islamic Shari’ah and international refugee law: a comparative study
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2009Today, the majority of refugees worldwide are Muslims. This fact occurs at a time when the level of extremism, ethnic and religious, is on the rise around the globe, even in the world’s most developed societies. Racism, xenophobia and populist fear-mongering manipulate public opinion and confuse refugees with migrants and even terrorists.DocumentRecent Reforms in Personal Status Laws and Women's Empowerment: Family Courts in Egypt
American University in Cairo, 2008Since 2000 a series of reforms have been introduced in Egyptian family laws. These include legislation that: gives women the right to file for no-fault divorce (khul) in exchange for forfeiting their financial rights; and women in unregistered marriages (urfi) the right to file for divorce.DocumentRecent Reforms in Personal Status Laws and Women's Empowerment: Family Courts in Egypt
American University in Cairo, 2008Since 2000 a series of reforms have been introduced in Egyptian family laws. These include legislation that: gives women the right to file for no-fault divorce (khul) in exchange for forfeiting their financial rights; and women in unregistered marriages (urfi) the right to file for divorce.DocumentArab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.OrganisationHABI Center for Environmental Rights
This Egyptian NGO is involved in raising envinromental awareness through campaigns, training and producing publications.Pages