Gender Inequalities and Demographic Behavior: Egypt

Authors

Nora Guhl Naguib
Cynthia B. Lloyd, Population Council
Barbara L. Ibrahim, Population Council

Document Type

Monograph

Publication Date

1994

Abstract

This is one of three reports on the relationship between gender equity, family structure and dynamics, and the achievement of reproductive choice prepared by the Population Council for the 1994 International Year of the Family and the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. These reports provide critical reviews of the relationship between gender inequality and demographic behavior in three demographically significant, culturally distinct parts of the developing world: Egypt, India, and Ghana and Kenya. Their purpose is to help governments and international agencies design and implement policies that are affirmative of women, sensitive to the family's central role in resource allocation and distribution, and effective in achieving broad-based population and development goals. The objectives of this report are to examine the legal, social, and policy context in which gender relations operate in Egypt and to better understand the links between gender dynamics and reproductive behavior.

DOI

10.31899/pgy1994.1010

Language

English

Comments

Also available in Arabic

Recommended Citation

Naguib, Nora Guhl, Cynthia B. Lloyd, and Barbara L. Ibrahim. 1994. "Gender Inequalities and Demographic Behavior: Egypt." New York: Population Council.