Struggles and Successes in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development

Tan, Tay Keong; Gudić, Milenko; Flynn, Patricia M.

doi:10.4324/9781351140560

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“…As part of the “Government National 2030 Strategy” encouraging women's role in economic and political development progress, the Egyptian government labelled 2017 as the “Year of the Egyptian Woman”. A similar initiative for women's empowerment was taken in Tunisia and Morocco (El Jadidi et al ., 2020).…”

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Women's access and perception of decent work: a case study on Egypt

Khairy

Ghoneim

2022

MSAR

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to assess the gender disparities in the workers' perception of whether “decent work” standards exist in their current job and workplace in the Egyptian context.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses quantitative data. A survey was utilised to assess workers' perceptions of decent work. The sample was selected based on age as the study aims to measure gender disparities in the perception among Generation Y and Z. Frequency table for each question and independent sample T-test were utilised in order to compare the variable means between females and males and whether any of those means are significantly different from each other.FindingsThe key findings of this research show that women in Egypt believe they have fewer opportunity to progress professionally and raise their salaries than males, particularly in male-dominated fields like engineering, construction and information technology. Furthermore, the women surveyed, particularly working mothers, emphasised that they struggle with their workload and working time more than men, affecting their work–life balance. However, there was no significant disparity between men and women in the other aspects of decent work examined in this article, which included social protection, health and safety, and meaningful compensation.Originality/valueTo the best of authors’ knowledge, this study is among the first group of studies assessing the gender disparities in the workers' perception of whether “decent work” standards exist in the Egyptian workplace.

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Women's access and perception of decent work: a case study on Egypt

Khairy

Ghoneim

2022

MSAR

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“…Many developing countries, including Morocco, are facing the challenge of ensuring that their health services are affordable, accessible, equitable, and of high quality (1). Although Morocco's health indicators have evidenced steady improvement, there is scope for improvement.…”

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Moroccan Digital Health Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

Dehbi

Sedrati

Chaqsare

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the draconian measures applied to limit its spread have accelerated the process of digitalizing many activities, including those within the health sector. In Morocco, a developing country in northern Africa, digital health has been deployed extensively, and in a remarkable way, to support the management of the current health crisis. Morocco is taking significant measures to become a key player in the process of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goal 3. The government has comprehensively integrated digital technology throughout its coordinated containment and mitigation processes. These processes encompass testing and diagnostics; virus genomic surveillance; telecare of suspected and chronic patients; COVID-19 patient contact tracing and tracking; a laboratory information system for medical material dispatching, biological sample collection, and data processing nationwide; and smart vaccination management. Moreover, the pace of amending legislation for enabling efficient telemedicine practice has been achieved at a record-breaking. The successful implementation of all of these digital health strategies testify to the effectiveness of digitalization for managing the health aspects of the pandemic and for the future development of health systems in Morocco and in the African continent, where digital health and telemedicine is set to become the cornerstone of medical practice.

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