Syrian Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab and Egyptian Journalist Lina Attalah Named Among the World's 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine
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September 2020
• Bristol Project Encouraging Women of Muslim Faith to Start Cycling
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France’s Decades-Long Feud over the Hijab Takes Centre Stage
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Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Shura Council Considers Naming And Shaming Sex
Offenders
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Jerusalem Women Advancement Authority Seeks To Promote Women in Senior
Positions
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UAE Employers, Employees Welcome Equal Pay Decree In The Private Sector
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Paving the Road for Women: Meet the Heroines of Upper Egypt
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Syrian Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab and Egyptian Journalist Lina Attalah Named Among the World's 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine
25.09.2020
(Left
to right) Waad al-Kateab and Lina Attalah made the list for TIME magazine's 100
most influential people of 2020 (AFP/TIME magazine)
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In
a region often portrayed as rife with conflict, corruption and repression, hope
shone for the Middle East, even if for a brief moment.
Earlier
this week, two Arab women were named among the world's 100 most influential
people by New York-based news magazine Time.
Syrian
filmmaker Waad al-Kateab and Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah were described by
experts in their respective fields as utterly courageous for their work, vision
and determination despite unwavering opposition from autocratic regimes.
They
were dubbed pioneers and icons among the world's foremost social, cultural and
political leaders.
'What
we are fighting for'
Al-Kateab's
story takes off in Aleppo. When the Syrian regime, aided by the Russian
military, launched a brutal siege of Aleppo, she had a crucial decision to
make: whether to stay and continue her work documenting the revolution or flee
for safety.
Her
Oscar-nominated film "For Sama," named after her daughter who was
born and raised during the siege, offers an intimate look at what it meant to
document the Syrian revolution as both a mother and a citizen journalist.
Her
husband, Sama's father, was one of the few doctors to remain during the siege.
The film is a testimony for her daughter "so you can understand what we
are fighting for," she says in the opening scenes.
Her
film received critical acclaim from the film industry, winning a British
Academy Film Award, four British Independent Film Awards and a Peabody Award,
among several other nominations.
Telling
Syria's story
For
al-Kateab, being recognized as one of Time's most influential people of 2020
was an acknowledgement of her efforts to tell the tragic story of Syrians
living through the staggering violence of the conflict.
"This
is a recognition for Syria, for the Syrian revolution and for the Syrian
people," al-Kateab said. "This is about everything related to the
film, my personal story and my people's story. It's about attacks on hospitals,
about the conditions we live through as Syrians who are displaced."
She
told DW that she hopes the recognition of her work would bring greater
awareness to the situation in Syria.
"The
most important thing is to use this recognition to make people more aware about
what's happening in Syria — that it's still happening — and to put more pressure
on the government, and on others to support the Syrian people."
For
the record
Less
than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) away from Aleppo, Egyptian journalist Lina
Attalah leads a group of journalists committed to reporting news that causes
"good trouble" amid growing attacks on press freedom.
This
year, Egypt ranked 166 out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index,
with Reporters Without Borders describing the country as "one of the
world's biggest jailers of journalists."
That's
to say that Attalah has had to manage Mada Masr, one of the last beacons of
independent journalism in the region, under some of the toughest conditions in
the world for the press.
"Lina's
troubles, and our 'necessary' troubles, range from the storming of the office,
the detention of our journalists after publishing a potentially disruptive
story, and the arrest and detention of Lina while carrying our her journalistic
duties, to the simplest trouble: Posting daily on a blocked website," said
a Facebook post written by Mada Masr staff that celebrated her inclusion on
Time's list.
"We
are here by choice."
'Keep
fighting'
One
thing is clear. What al-Kateab and Attalah have in common is a tenacious
courage and unrelenting determination to fight the good fight even if it comes
with great sacrifice. For al-Kateab, that tenacity should not be held back.
"My
advice to the young women in the Middle East, in Syria specifically, is to keep
the fight, to keep the hope, to keep fighting for our basic rights, for our
stories to be heard, for our voices to speak out," al-Kateab said.
"We
have a very long battle and journey ahead. We have to have the courage to keep
fighting."
https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-women-lina-attalah-waad-el-kateab/a-55056365
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Bristol
Project Encouraging Women of Muslim Faith to Start Cycling
24
September 2020
A new project has launched in Bristol encouraging Muslim women to start cycling.
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A
new project has launched in Bristol encouraging women of Muslim faith to start
cycling.
The
Cycling Sisters group was formed two months ago by Aumairah Hassan and Seila
Mañana after they learned hardly any of their female friends knew how to cycle
or felt confident doing it.
The
group is part of the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society and is aimed at helping
women learn to ride a bike and support those who may have faced cultural
barriers to cycling in the past.
It
has proven so popular, nearly twenty people are on a waiting list to participate
in the club’s free weekly sessions.
Robina
Malik was one of the first women to sign up, and she has now learned to cycle
for the first time.
She
says growing up in the city, cycling was “frowned upon” for young girls.
Instructor
Sheyla said she is hopeful the group will help break down any negative
stereotypes surrounding cycling.
“I
was riding along on the road and a number of ladies actually stopped me and
they were like ‘we’ve never seen somebody like you cycling, do you teach? What
do you do?’" Sheyla said.
“I
think it just encourages more and more women to look however you want to look
and still cycle.”
The
lessons are free but the group is now looking for funding to expand.
The
bicycles have been provided by local businesses Bristol Sweet Mart and Pak
Butchers.
The
group operates from Baggator in Easton, which offers the women a private space
to learn.
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2020-09-24/the-new-bristol-project-getting-muslim-women-into-cycling
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France’s
Decades-Long Feud over the Hijab Takes Centre Stage
By
Rebecca Rosman
22
Sep 2020
A
woman holds a placard reading ‘Stop Islamophobia’ as she takes part in a
gathering in Paris [File: Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via Getty Images]
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Paris,
France – Last week, a member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s La
Republique en Marche (LREM) party walked out of a National Assembly hearing,
saying the presence of a veiled student went against the country’s secular
values – a stunt which has renewed a debate over the hijab.
“As
a Member of Parliament and a feminist, committed to Republican values, to
laicite and women’s rights, I cannot accept someone who enters a National
Assembly hearing wearing a hijab, which for me remains a mark of submission,”
Anne-Christine Lang wrote on Twitter shortly after leaving the hearing
mid-session.
The
student, 21-year-old Maryam Pougetoux, was representing a student’s union
during a discussion on how to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 health
crisis on young people.
Pougetoux
is no stranger to attacks for wearing the hijab. In 2018, she received similar
criticism for wearing the headscarf during a television interview.
Wearing
the hijab is banned in French schools and for public servants at their
workplace.
France’s
decades-long feud over the hijab is couched in terms of the country’s tradition
of laicite, a strict form of secularism which, among other things, bans people
from wearing religious symbols in public schools.
“In
France, we think all religions are equal and shouldn’t be in the public space,”
Alexis Poulin, a political analyst and founder of the news site Le Monde
Moderne told Al Jazeera.
But
according to Poulin, Lang’s interpretation of the law went too far.
“What
she did was a purely political move,” Poulin said. “It’s not written anywhere
that you are forbidden to enter the National Assembly with a veil.”
Some
MPs criticized Lang’s move as discrimination.
“It
sends a terrible message,” Eric Coqurel, an MP from the far-left party La
France Insoumise, told French radio FranceInfo. “This isn’t laicite, it’s
discrimination.”
Fiona
Lazaar, an MP with Macron’s LREM party, told Al Jazeera she saw Lang’s move as
disrespectful.
“I
can understand if you’re against the veil and what it represents, but at the
same time we need to respect the women who wear it,” Lazaar said. “Some wear it
by choice, others do it because it’s imposed on them, but we should be fighting
those who are imposing it, not the women who wear it.”
But
others, such as socialist party member Segolene Royal, supported Lang.
“[Pougetoux]
knows what she’s provoking,” Royal told BFMTV. “Fortunately, she has the right
to provoke in our society, but at the same time there are limits … there are
rules.”
The
affair follows another recent debate earlier this month, on social media, which
erupted when a French journalist tried to draw a connection between a food
video by a Muslim woman wearing a hijab to the September 11, 2001, attacks in
the US.
French
network BFMTV tweeted a video of Imane Boune, a 21-year-old food blogger,
giving cooking tips to university students on a budget. Replying to the post,
Judith Waintraub, from right-leaning newspaper Le Figaro Magazine, commented:
“11 septembre”.
Waintraub’s
comment provoked an outcry by many people in France and was formally condemned by
prominent French Muslims and politicians on both sides of the spectrum.
But
after she received some death threats, several prominent politicians came to
the journalist’s defence, including France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
“Whatever
the disagreements, some of which are profound, I strongly condemn the death
threats [Waintraub] has received,” Darmanin posted on Twitter.
Fatima
Bonomar, a prominent feminist, responded to Darmanin’s tweet in defence of
Boune: “A word for the student who had to read thousands of racist comments
against her, was equated to murderers via the unacceptable post of this
‘journalist’ which reinforced the wave of hatred against her … her only fault
being a video about her cooking activities?”
In
an Instagram post published several days later, Boune thanked her supporters
and said she had temporarily deleted her Twitter account and was taking a break
from social media.
“I
read every one of your very touching messages,” Boune wrote. “Your love and
gratitude overshadow their hatred … I am a student who tries to help 100,000
students every day. I don’t have the time or energy to give to these cruel
people.”
France’s
Muslim community, about 5 million people, comprises about 10 percent of the
population, the largest Muslim minority in Europe.
Following
a similar controversy last year, which involved a far-right politician asking a
woman to remove her hijab, French President Emmanuel Macron decried what he
called the “stigmatisation” of Muslims, warning against linking Islam with
“terrorism”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/22/frances-decades-long-feud-over-the-hijab-takes-centre-stage
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Saudi
Arabia’s Consultative Shura Council Considers Naming And Shaming Sex Offenders
September
26, 2020
Ramadan
Al Sherbini
Cairo:
Saudi Arabia’s consultative Shura Council will vote later this week a proposal
for public naming of sex harassers as part of legal steps to fight sex offences
in the country.
A
similar motion was previously blocked amid opposition from some members of the
council, who argued that naming the offender harms his family as well.
Proponents, meanwhile, believe that introducing the name-and-shame penalty,
already adopted in commercial wrongdoing in Saudi Arabia, would be a strong
deterrence in sex offences.
The
Shura Council is due Wednesday to hold a vote session on the proposal, based on
a report from its Security Committee to add the suggested penalty to the
anti-harassment legal system, Saudi news portal Sabq reported today.
In
recent years, Saudi Arabia has sought to fight sex offences and boost women’s
rights as part of drastic reforms in the kingdom championed by Crown Prince
Mohammed Bin Salman.
In
2018, Saudi Arabia approved a law criminalising sexual harassment, making the
act punishable by up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of SR300,000.
“The
harassment crime is one of the most heinous acts that causes psychological
harms to the victim. Several countries have enacted firm laws to deter
harassers,” said Asil Al Jaid, a legal advisor. He told Sabq that there is no
religious or legal prohibition for naming to shame such “criminals”.
The
state Saudi Human Rights Commission has defined harassment as every verbal
expression, deed or motion carrying sexual insinuation made by a person towards
another referring to the body and honour or harming modesty in any way
including modern technology methods.
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-considers-naming-and-shaming-sex-offenders-1.74143683
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Jerusalem
Women Advancement Authority Seeks To Promote Women in Senior Positions
By
CODY LEVINE
SEPTEMBER
25, 2020
The
Authority for the Advancement of Women in the Social Equality Ministry held a
first-of-its kind zoom meeting on Wednesday to establish a database of 2,000
women eligible for senior positions in the public sector and public
administration, according to a press release from the ministry.
Likewise,
the database will be used for applications in public committees and various
forums such as conferences on various topics.
The
Authority is seeking to launch the database at the beginning of the new year,
and includes women who have meet specific qualifications, such as seven years
of experience in the field of expertise, five years of senior management (rank
of VP or management of 50 staff or management of NIS 30 million per year), PhD,
other relevant academic degree, rank of Lt. Col. (or equivalent) and above, 10
years of experience in the fields of sports and culture.
The
press release also noted that almost 300 women registered in a single meeting,
where the Authority spoke of its activities and answered the questions and
concerns of the participants being included in the database.
The
Director-General of the Authority for the Advancement of Women Eva Madjibouz
said in response to the announcement that "In recent years we have
repeatedly called for candidates for every senior public position that becomes
vacant and now we have a permanent pool of potential names for every position,
every board, every public committee and also to any panel at a conference or TV
studio."
"A
female presence is not a fig leaf, but a substantive, value-based and even
educational matter. There is no reason that in senior management positions
there should not be complete equality between men and women. The Authority for
the Advancement of the Status of Women has taken it upon itself to lead the
change, and through the established database we will make more talented and
experienced women reach the forefront of the stage," she added.
Oshra
Friedman, Deputy Director of the Authority for the Advancement of Women and
Commissioner of the database said that "The purpose of the database is
twofold. The place of women from population groups that are hardly represented
at all. Haredi and Arab women, women from the Ethiopian community and the
former Soviet Union community, older women and women from the socioeconomic
periphery to speak up and increase their voice and representation in positions
of power and influence they deserve."
The
Authority noted that current data indicates a degree of inequality in positions
of authority.
According
to a OECD report, Israel is below average when it comes to representing women
in key positions and boards of directors, with 18.1% representation compared to
an average of 20% among the member countries of the organization, which was
reviewed by the international consulting firm Deloitte.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/women-advancement-authority-seeks-to-promote-women-in-senior-positions-643574
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UAE
Employers, Employees Welcome Equal Pay Decree In The Private Sector
September
25, 2020
Angel
Tesorero
Dubai:
UAE residents have hailed the landmark decree mandating equal wages for both
women and men in the private sector which came into force on Friday. The mandate
says female employees will receive wages equal to that of men if they have the
same work.
The
decree was based on Federal Law No. 06 for 2020 issued by the President, His
Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on August 25 stating: “Female employees
shall receive wages equal to that of males if they perform the same work, or
another of equal value. The procedures, controls and standards necessary for
evaluating work of equal value will be set under a decision to be issued by the
Cabinet, based on a proposal from the Minister of Human Resources and
Emiratisation.”
Alisha
Moopen, deputy managing director at Aster DM Healthcare, hailed th decision as
forward looking. She said: “Any nation, community or organisation that doesn’t
unlock the full potential of its entire population is losing half its resource
power. Another brilliant and forward-looking move by UAE and our beloved
President that has enforced the equal pay for equal work irrespective of
gender.” “I feel so proud and excited for such progressive moves that will
continue to propel this country forward. I am positive this will turbo charge
the growth of the UAE and, furthermore, will be a game changer for this
region,” she added.
Kamal
Vachani, group director of Almaya Group, said the UAE has led the path in
making reforms. He told Gulf News: “This (equal pay) is a great announcement.
This is a wonderful pioneering move by the government. The UAE has always been
a leader in major reforms and this move is a sign of great leadership and
governance.”
The
landmark decision was praised as a model of inclusive society by educator
Sheela Menon, principal at Ambassador School in Dubai. She said: “The UAE
leaders are setting a significant and powerful example of inclusive society in
the true sense by this landmark decision. It is a very positive and strong
message to the younger generation.”
Canadian-Italian
expat Simona Agolini, CEO and co-founder of family mobile app QiDZ, said:
“Today, September 25, the law on equal wages pay comes into effect. For the
women and men in the UAE, this is an amazing milestone and a real sign of the
commitment of the UAE in supporting women in the workforce. I’m super excited
to be among the women who will benefit from this kind of initiative and I feel
that it really puts the UAE at the forefront of gender equality.”
UAE
to become more attractive
Filipino
expat Sheila Tobias, senior communications manager at Twister Communications,
is confident the recent announcement will attract more families, not just women
to live and work in the UAE Dubai. She explained: “The decree is a good step
that would give the female workforce more motivation to contribute more towards
the success of the company - since they know that they will be compensated
equally as compared with their male counterparts. In addition, I think it will
attract more families to come here (in the UAE) and find a new home.”
Indian
expat and media consultant Shaneer Nusrat Siddiqui, 38, added: “The equal pay
law is an amazing step by UAE government towards gender equality, equality at
workplace and an equal society. I would like to add, though, even earlier the
UAE has always been talent-oriented and gender was never an issue. But this law
will encourage and boost more women power to showcase their skills and expertise
at best; and will help to improve the workforce market. The UAE leadership has
shown again that this country is a champion of human rights and women
empowerment. I am sure that this law is going to be an exemplar for other
countries also in terms of women rights and society development.”
https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-employers-employees-welcome-equal-pay-decree-in-the-private-sector-1.74122269
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Paving
the Road for Women: Meet the Heroines of Upper Egypt
MIRNA
ABDULAAL
SEPTEMBER
25, 2020
“People
in the village would mock me and say, why is she leaving her responsibilities
at home to become a teacher? Why is she neglecting both her husband and
children?” Ekram Abdel Baset tells Egyptian Streets, “but it was my husband
that supported me. We both moved together step by step until we created a
secure livelihood for ourselves and our children.”
The
stories we tell today determines our future tomorrow. Abdel Baset’s story is
not just one to be told, but to be shared and documented. Stories that explore
how they can break traditions, stereotypes, and create a new narrative on women
in Upper Egypt that can be the foundation for other women in the future.
Located
in the small village of Al Boghdadi in Luxor, Abdel Baset is one of the many of
women who have been striving to change the narrative for women, from one that
is too focused on their role as mothers and housewives to one that also
includes their role in the labor force and transforming society as a whole. In
partnership with the World Food Programme and the Ministry of Agriculture,
Egypt’s Ministry of International Cooperation announced on September 20
expansions of rural community projects from sixty villages to 500, increasing
the number of people benefiting to one million by 2023.
Two
projects focus primarily on women and girls, such as the ‘She Can’ women
empowerment and livelihood programme as well as community smart schools. “All
projects aim to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment, and this has
been put in place to ensure real community transformation, so that every
individual in the household benefits,” Menghestab Haile, World Food Programme
(WFP) director in Egypt, says.
As
of today, ‘She Can’ has built entrepreneurial capacities of 102,000 women, of
which more than 33,000 received micro-loans to start their own businesses.
However,
unemployment continues to be significantly higher amongst women than men, with
25.3 percent compared to males 8.5 percent. Child marriage, gender-based
violence and cultural constraints are also major challenges that cannot be
understated or overlooked, and coverage of legal services is a major need for
women victims of violence to raise their awareness on the legal support
services available.
Below
are a few stories of women that are eager to get their voices heard.
EKRAM
ABDEL BASET
Ekram
Abdel Baset is a teacher at one of the community smart schools in her village;
she has been working there for over 20 years since 1998.
Her
story starts with a hopeful beginning: she began studying her first year at
university and was eager to continue her higher education, but due to difficult
economic constraints and the unfortunate passing away of her father, her mother
preferred to prioritize the education of her sons, Abdel Baset’s brothers.
“This
really broke me; I felt that my dreams to excel in higher education were over.
I am very passionate about education and it was my goal,” she says, “but then,
coincidentally, I heard of the community school projects in our village, and I
decided to go and see if I can have an opportunity there as a teacher.”
Her
desire to work as a teacher was met with hostility, she says. “People in the
village would mock me, ask me why I should leave my home responsibilities to
become a teacher. But it was my husband who encouraged me. He was my main
source of support, and we both moved slowly step by step together.”
She
insisted on later continuing her university education as she was supporting her
four children. “My family helped me raise my children; this allowed me to
continue my education. We all worked together, and this is what helped me
eventually achieve what I wanted.”
Using
her own story as a model, Abdel Baset says that she is keen on teaching other
girls the importance of having commitment and dedication. “I am not just
teaching them a curriculum, but also values and life skills. I want to make
sure that they also never lose hope,” she says.
However,
Abdel Baset faces more challenges with families than with the young girls. “I
face a lot of difficulties in convincing parents to send their kids to school.
Child marriage is a huge problem, and we hope that a secondary school for girls
opens in the area so that the culture of secondary education for girls
develops,” she adds.
“My
biggest hope is for education and knowledge to continue to flourish in our
village.”
LAILA
MAHMOUD
As
a university graduate in law, Laila Mahmoud is also an avid believer in
education, and particularly girls’ education.
Her
main backbone was her father, who dedicated all of his hopes on her, she says.
“My father dedicated his life for me. He pinned all of his hopes to help give
me a different future. I am who I am today because of him,” Mahmoud told WFP.
Following
her university education, she became a teacher at one of the village’s smart
schools, which offers a chance for an education to children living in rural
remote areas. Since January 2019, 57 new community smart schools were
established benefiting more than 2,000 women and youth.
“I
want to help other girls also receive an education and create a spillover
effect – starting from me, to them, and then to future generations,” she says,
“this school represents one of the rare opportunities for learning for many
girls.”
However,
one main obstacle is transportation, as the nearest school is usually two to
three kilometeres away, and most families fear risking the safety of their
girls by sending them out on long walks to attend school.
To
provide incentives to send the girls to school, WFP has been providing cash
transfers or a school feeding programme to cover the students’ nutrition and
reduce food insecurity for many families in Upper Egypt, increasing food
security for more than 460,000 family members.
Nevertheless,
Mahmoud, along with Abdel Baset, stress on the need for further awareness
seminars and trainings for mothers in particular, who represent the backbone of
the Egyptian household.
“Mothers
need to be more aware of the importance of education. It is understandable that
the economic constraints push some families to send their kids to work, but
there is also the problem of awareness. Mothers never speak out when we tell
them to try and convince their husbands to send their children to school,”
Mahmoud says.
FATMA
ALI
Fatma
Ali wanted the world to know of her dream: to have her own business card with
the name ‘Fatma for Perfumes.’ After a long journey, she was able to have this
card and open her own perfume shop.
Every
business project not only provides the potential of economically empowering
women and their families, but it also often changes mindsets and creates a new
narrative. Ali was able to create her own narrative through her determination
to attend regular trainings by the WFP to learn how to make her own perfumes.
Soon,
she became the first woman in Al Malees village to produce and sell perfumes.
For her, the real impact of this project will be seen in her daughters’
futures, hoping that it will continue on for future generations. “I want them
to be better than me when they grow up,” she says, a simple statement that
carries a lot of weight in determining future development initiatives.
WHY
INVESTING IN PEOPLE IS KEY TO ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT
In
celebration of the UN’s 75th anniversary, Egypt’s Ministry of International
Cooperation produced a video entitled ‘Beyond Food’ in partnership with the
WFP, showcasing the history of Egypt’s partnership with its development partner
to end hunger and transform communities.
It
is becoming increasingly known that investing in people, and particularly
women, is a main determinant of sustainability. In a paper titled ‘Human
Capital and Sustainability’, Jacobs and Slaus note that “development of human
capital is the critical determinant of long-term sustainability”, adding that
through an examination of linkages between population, economic development,
employment, and education, the “emergence of mentally self-conscious
individuals will be the most effective approach for ensuring a sustainable
future.”
In
other words, economic development is impossible without human development, as
social entrepreneur Craig Kielburger says. “I believe this is the new model of
scalable development the World Bank is calling for, shifting the focus from
physical capital — like roads, bridges and airports — to investments in health
and education,” he adds.
It
is important to always look beyond – to acknowledge that there is a lot of
human potential waiting to be untapped, and a lot of stories to be documented
to understand the challenges and the opportunities to move forward.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/09/25/paving-the-road-for-women-meet-the-heroines-of-upper-egypt/
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