Challenges Facing Women’s Political Participation Post Arab Spring: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia

Shalaby, Marwa

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“…They were accompanied by a strong repression causing the death of many demonstrators and feeding popular outrage all over the country. From the very beginning, Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in these events, marching with men during the uprisings or lobbying actively in the social media (Shalaby, 2016). For both men and women, "bread, liberty and social justice" were the main grievances underlying the 2011 protests, not women's rights specifically (Costello et al, 2015).…”

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Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

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Boutin

Champeaux

2019

Journal of Development Economics

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Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes must have been heterogeneous and depended on the local intensity of protests and 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 on health, socialization and household expenditure, as well as a decline in the acceptation of domestic violence and girls' circumcision, in the regions most affected by the protests. This effect is not due to particular regional patterns or preexisting trends in empowerment. It is also robust to alternative treatment definitions and confirmed by triple difference estimations. We confront our main interpretation to alternative mechanisms that could have explained this effect.

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“…A new gender discourse had began to emerge in Egypt, used by El-Sissi during his rise to power and leading to political actions in favor of women (Zaki, 2015). Over this period, women have challenged stereotypes and altered perceptions about their traditional roles in the public sphere (Shalaby, 2016).…”

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Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

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Boutin

Champeaux

2019

Journal of Development Economics

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“…There remain significant economic, political and social challenges in the post-AS Egypt (Bargawi, 2014; Shalaby, 2016; Silver et al , 2017; Ali, 2019; Echevarría and García-Enríquez, 2019), and the outcomes from the AS-related changes could take many years to prevail. Nevertheless, our novel findings underscore the importance of comprehending the perceptions about the AS, and they signal that the AS has set a path toward significant transformations in the Egyptian society.…”

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Did the Arab Spring lead to economic, institutional and sociopolitical changes? An empirical analysis through the perceptions of Egyptian youth

Fakih

Ghazalian

2021

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PurposeEgyptian youth played a central role in the Arab Spring (AS) uprisings, demanding bread, justice and opportunities. This paper examines the perceptions of young Egyptians about the AS through their responses on the economic, institutional and sociopolitical conditions in the pre-AS and post-AS periods.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical analysis relies on a micro-level dataset extracted from the SAHWA Youth Survey. The estimations are carried out through the bivariate ordered probit model.FindingsThe results reveal that the perceptions about the AS-related outcomes are not uniform, and that social values and ideological characteristics matter more than the standard socioeconomic attributes in comprehending the responses. They indicate that individuals with secularist, non-traditionalist and gender equality inclinations have generally formed more favorable perceptions about the AS-related changes. Also, the results suggest that the AS has generated propitious perceived conditions for further global connection, relative to the Arab and Islamic ties. They show that the perceptions of individuals who place credence in entrepreneurial attitude have been relatively unfavorable vis-à-vis the post-AS conditions.Originality/valueThe findings underscore the importance of comprehending the perceptions about the AS-related outcomes. They imply that the AS has produced “winners” and “losers,” and has laid down the basis for social transformations in Egypt.

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“…It presents young women an opportunity to practice using their voices for civic engagement by encouraging them to openly discuss and listen to each other's perspectives about local, national, and international civic matters they care about [33]. Women have been at the forefront of national political movements in Egypt for centuries, though they are consistently underrepresented in leadership positions across fields, and in formal politics [34,35]. Despite formal advocacy for women's empowerment, wide gender disparities are present, including literacy rates, educational attainment, and labor force participation rates.…”

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The effects of theatre-based vocal empowerment on young Egyptian women’s vocal and language characteristics

2021

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This study investigates the impact of a theatre-based vocal empowerment program on the vocal and language characteristics and the self-perceptions of young bilingual Egyptian women. The program used applied theatre, a dramatic practice that promotes civic action by utilizing improvisational techniques to engage participants in exploring solutions to self-identified community concerns. These techniques supported participants’ pursuit of vocal empowerment: the ability to comfortably express their intended content with a clear audible voice, accompanied by the belief that what they had to say was worthwhile. The program was implemented in Alexandria and Aswan, two Egyptian cities in different regions of the country, with distinct socio-economic profiles. Thirty-six young women from Aswan and nineteen from Alexandria participated. The program was facilitated in Arabic, for 90 minutes per day over twelve consecutive days in 2018. Participants in both groups spoke Arabic as a home language and studied English in school settings but differed in their educational experiences and English proficiency. The vocal and language characteristics of each participant were tested in Arabic and English pre- and post- program using a spontaneous speech task and a reading aloud task. Their self-perceptions were evaluated through a vocal self-perception survey. Results indicated that participants responded differently in each city. In Alexandria, participants showed significant improvement in language skills (e.g., mean length of utterance). In contrast, participants in Aswan showed a significant change in fundamental frequency. Overall, the self-surveys indicated that all participants experienced an increased sense of confidence, a stronger belief in self-authorship, and an increased desire to voice their opinions clearly in public; however, there were subtle differences between the groups. In analyzing these results, we conclude that to design effective vocal empowerment outreach programs internationally, it is necessary to consider participants’ cultural backgrounds, language diversity, and socio-economic status.

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Challenges Facing Women’s Political Participation Post Arab Spring: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia

Cited by 29 publications

References 16 publications

Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

Did the Arab Spring lead to economic, institutional and sociopolitical changes? An empirical analysis through the perceptions of Egyptian youth

The effects of theatre-based vocal empowerment on young Egyptian women’s vocal and language characteristics

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