When there is no respect at work : job quality issues for women in Egypt’s private sector

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dc.contributor.authorBarsoum, Ghada
dc.contributor.authorRashed, Ali
dc.contributor.authorHassanien, Dahlia
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-03T19:52:59Z
dc.date.available2010-03-03T19:52:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe paper argues that women in Egypt face job quality issues that discourage them from continuing to work or even from entering the labor market. It provides an ethnographic account of the job quality of poor young females in the private sector in Egypt. The paper highlights young women’s valorization of jobs in the public sector and with the government. It discusses the advantages presented by the public sector in Egypt, why those jobs are valorized by women, and the strategies young women adopt in clinging to the hope of getting a public sector/government job, even as opportunities are rare.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (32 p.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/41992
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPopulation Council, Cairo, EGen
dc.relation.ispartofGender and work in the MENA region working paper series : job quality and labor market dynamics; no. 2en
dc.subjectYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTen
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERSen
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKETen
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTORen
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTORen
dc.subjectETHNOGRAPHYen
dc.subjectEGYPTen
dc.subjectGENDER ROLESen
dc.subjectNORTH OF SAHARAen
dc.titleWhen there is no respect at work : job quality issues for women in Egypt’s private sectoren
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.number104421
idrc.project.titlePoverty, Job Quality and Labor Market Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africaen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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