women and for reducing inequality in the Mediterranean countries and specifically in Egypt. It seeks to provide a policy …

Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women … women's participation over 2011-13. We exploit the geographical heterogeneity along these two margins to conduct a double … difference analysis using data surrounding the period.We find a significant improvement in women's final say regarding decisions …

This paper is to offer an attempt to understand the Egyptian women attitude towards patriarchy in light of the …

Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … entirely driven by girls from more disadvantaged households. Treated women later experienced important positive improvements in …