The Nexus Between Work-Life Balance and Gender Role in Egypt

El‐Kot, Ghada; Leat, Mike; Fahmy, Sarah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66648-4_7

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“…United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which is looking at indicators like the pay gap and number of women in parliaments, ranked 150 countries on gender equality in 2019, Egypt has a Gender Inequality Index (GII) of 0.449, ranking it at 108 out of 162 countries (UNDP, 2020). Only 18% of the working-age women are now participating in the economy, compared to 65% of Engendering the City men (El-Kot et al, 2021), gender inequality in Egypt was also severely exacerbated after the pandemic (Samari, 2021).…”

Section: Gender Inequalities Reflected In Social Contexts and Urban S...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a sprawling wave of economic frustration and despair, men become more violent towards governments, the built environment and women (Braker, 2018). Since the patriarchal social expectations assert that men should be the head of the household and be prioritised in economic and political matters, the fact that more and more women had education and permanent jobs while some men were lagging behind was seen as unacceptable and abnormal (Braker, 2018;El-Kot et al, 2021). This was when women were forced back into the domestic space by a juxtaposition of patriarchy and conservative religious and cultural doctrines.…”

Section: Gender Inequalities Reflected In Social Contexts and Urban S...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Engendering the City

Jin

Huang

Zhu

2023

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies

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The city of Cairo has witnessed a considerable increase in crimes against women, compelling women to avoid or minimise their use of public spaces in recent years. The absence of consideration for women in city planning has made Egyptian women feel further excluded and threatened by the public space, in addition to the patriarchal social relations and religious conservatism. As part of the ‘gender-inclusive cities' research project, this study adopts a participatory approach as a tool for women's empowerment with the goal of promoting bottom-up models of planning, dissolving gendered norms, and improving women's status in a patriarchal society. The chapter provides an example of localised gender-inclusive design addressing women's spatial sensibilities and connecting them to the broader objectives of participation and emancipation. The findings of this study can help planners and policy makers co-create safer public spaces for local women, reduce spatial inequality, and facilitate their right to the city.

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Section: Gender Inequalities Reflected In Social Contexts and Urban S...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gender Inequalities Reflected In Social Contexts and Urban S...mentioning

confidence: 99%