Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
This edition of SEEDS explores the challenge of extending earning opportunities and access to valued social roles to young women in the garbage settlement of Maqattam, Egypt. This edition furthermore underscores the degree to which livelihood programs must confront the social circumstances—such as health, marriage, and cultural and family traditions—that play a major role in shaping girls' current and future economic prospects.
DOI
10.31899/pgy2.1008
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Assaad, Marie and Judith Bruce. 1997. "Empowering the next generation: Girls of the Maqattam garbage settlement," SEEDS no. 19. New York: Population Council.
Project
Adolescent Girls' Programming: Community of Practice
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, International Public Health Commons, Labor Economics Commons
Comments
Issue no. 19 of SEEDS, a pamphlet series developed to provide information about innovative and practical program ideas to address the economic roles and needs of low-income women.