The African gender and development index Egypt: final report

Abstract

The African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) aims to be a measurement and a monitoring mechanism of governments' progress towards achieving gender equality in Africa. It seeks to be an African index by addressing a range of social, cultural, political and economic concerns of women on the continent of Africa. It does so by providing quantitative and qualitative measures of progress of government progress in the Gender Status Index and the African Women's Progress Scoreboard. As awareness of gender inequalities and the unique problems facing Egyptian women and girls has increased, policy makers have focused more of their efforts on improving the situation facing females and narrowing the gender gap which exists in many countries.