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A CRITICAL REGIONAL SITUATION PARALLEL WITH

DOMESTIC ECONOMIC REFORM IS A VERY
CHALLENGING COMBINATION FOR EGYPT

• You are known for your support of women, • How do you evaluate the domestic political situat ion especially
in the midst of the growing tensions in the region?
whether it is by your membership in the National

Council for Women or by the focus of Baseera in
- The political situation is enhancing but in a slo w pace, and for that
women related issues, howdo you describe the status
we should walk with better performance to reverse t he past
of the Women in Egypt in the current time?
corruptions, where the situation in the past few ye ars has been better

than the past 5 years. Looking at the regional situ ation, it can be
- In the current time, there is no education gap between
described as being very complicated, and it poses a direct threat to
the genders in Egypt, which is great, nevertheless,the
Egypt especially in the middle of opting for an eco nomic
bigger problem is related to employment opportunities
reformation.
ahead of Women where men are preferred over women

in getting jobs because of Women's conditions of related
• Finally, what is your advice for the students of the Faculty of
Economics and Political Sciences?
to housework especially that all the statistics show that

the working woman gives the same amount of attention
- The Faculty provides a lot of various experiences to students and I
to her house as any other housewife, and so the working
encourage college students to read in subjects othe r than that of their
woman needs more facilities to help her balance
major, as this would broaden their minds, and shoul d keep in their
between her career and her house, like the availability of
minds that many of the currently available occupati ons will soon
nurseries near her house. There is a study by the World
disappear, and so they should develop their skills to cope up with the
Bank that calculates the negative effects of gender
age of technology and "smart" jobs that are growing in a very fast
inequality in employment, and Egypt ranks at 29 in
pace, with the inability of the older generations t o cope with, and so it
gender inequality which is a sign of the cultural aspect
is up to the younger generations to unchain themsel ves from the
of this inequality.
ideological control of the older generation and cop e with the changes
of the era.

In the political realm, however, Women has gained
ELITE team thanked Prof. Osman for his hospatitlity and took
more privileges as the number of women ministers
photos comemoraring such a unique occasion together and in turn
increased and are holding very important cases at hand,
Prof. Osman offered ELITE team samples for Baseera reseacrch
we can say that the state is walking in the right path but

is walking slowly, and should walk faster.

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