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Egyptian women-headed households subjected to male traditions
15-3-2018
In a special feature today, Al Hayat newspaper spotlighted the women of Egypt, drawing attention to a study released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, CAPMAS, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Egyptian Woman’s Day which falls on March 16 and Mother’s Day on March 21. According to the study, nearly 14% of Egyptian households (in a total of 3.3 million) are headed by women, but this, nevertheless, does not manifest the pride, privilege, facilities or prestige received normally by the head of an institution. It is a premiership that leaves women swinging between their breadwinning role on the one hand, and confronting a patriarchal male-dominant society on the other, Al Hayat analyzed. And despite that women make 22% of the national workforce in Egypt, and that more than a quarter of public workers are females, and that the current government boasts the largest number of women ministers, (6 high-profile ministers), yet social change remains slack and sluggish in a community that persistently incarcerate its women and girls inside a web of entrenched religious and cultural traditions and values. For more on the feature, visit the link below: https://goo.gl/PS2rQ9. (AL Hayat, March 15, 2018)
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