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Informality and socio-economic well-being of women in Egypt
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Evidence points that informal employment in Egypt is a permanent phenomenon, rather than being in a transitory stage. It accounts for about 75% of new entrants to the labor market between 2000 and 2005. About half of the women engaged in the labor market are informally employed.DocumentLocal communities’ willingness to pay for sustainable forest management in Ghana
2014New policies and interventions for forest management are important because preferences of stakeholders and the state of forests continually change.DocumentChanges in the institution of marriage in Egypt from 1998 to 2012
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Fear 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 behaviours in three nationally-representative surveys spanning the period 1998 to 2012 to determine whether this fear is justified.DocumentHommage à la femme : la gestion de l’hygiène menstruelle. Briser le silence
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2013L’hygiène menstruelle reste un sujet tabou. Les conventions internationales sur les droits reproductifs et sexuels ne les mentionnent pas explicitement.DocumentDeterminants of unemployment duration - Egypt
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015This study uses a set of dates on unemployment, employment, mobility, marriage, and birth, from the 2006 and 2012 rounds of the Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey, to construct a cross-section of first-unemployment spells, and to measure selected individual-specific attributes (age, residency, cohort, and marital status) at the time of the spell.DocumentMenstrual Health Education Resource
2013Developed for Irise International this Menstrual Hygiene Toolkit is intended as a resource for delivering menstrual health education and is tailored to communities across East Africa. Irise International works to support the education and empowerment of women and girls in East Africa through addressing the neglected issue of menstrual hygiene management.DocumentMenstrual Hygiene: A Neglected Condition for the Achievement of Several Millennium Development Goals
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2007What is the relationship between poor menstrual hygiene and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?DocumentTaking the bloody linen out of the closet: menstrual hygiene as a priority for achieving gender equality
2015How can the framework of human rights and substantive equality contribute to giving menstrual hygiene greater visibility and the prioritisation of appropriate strategies and solutions?DocumentCelebrating Womanhood - How better menstrual hygiene management is the path to better health, dignity and business
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2013There are many candidates for the title of “last taboo,” but in 2013, menstruation has one of the strongest claims on it. The first task to address this is to make this unspeakable topic speakable. This report aims to do that by presenting researchDocumentWomen's participation in the Egyptian labor market: 1998-2012
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015This 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 panel dataset allows for an examination of the period leading up to and including the revolution, as it covers three different points in time: 1998, 2006 and 2012.Pages