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Reformation of public services The housing sector in Egypt: The Egyptian Rental Law Experiences and recommendations

31 December، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

Shimaa ElSharkawyEgyptIntroduction: A large number of Egyptians suffer from housing problems with the number of people living in unofficial housing units ranging between 12 and 20 million[1] while a large number of housing units in Egypt remain unoccupied. On the other hand, a study conducted about Cairo by UN Habitat[2] revealed that a sizable portion of Egyptians live in units that are either unsafe or not fit for living. Added to this is the fact that housing prices are generally high and this applies to both purchase and rent. The law regulating the relationship between owner and tenant is one…

Development of school curricula

30 December، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Nayera Abdel RahmanEgyptThe education system in Egypt is facing numerous challenges on a variety of levels, which obstructs the materialization of the right to education with its different components as stated in Comment 13 on of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)[1]. Among those components are the quality of education and the way curricula are tailored to the students’ needs whether in terms of knowledge or skills. The 2011-2030 education strategic plan underlined the absence of a broad vision as far as developing curricula is concerned and relying in upgrading curricula on a fragmented approach that…

Medical negligence: Between the escalation of the problem, media exploitation of officials, and lack of a clear implementation mechanism

29 December، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Norhan SheirefEgyptThe deterioration of medical services and the misadministration of the medical sector in Egypt have always been linked to the absence of monitoring and accountability. The problem has also been lately escalating with the rise in the number of patients who died as a result of medical negligence and made the phenomenon impossible to overlook. According to a statement by the Administrative Prosecution, the cases of medical negligence in public hospitals alone reached 594 in 2014. Constant demands for countering the problem of medical negligence only resulted in surprise visits to hospitals by officials, governors, or representatives from the…

Amendment of state and municipal public budget law in accordance with the economic and social rights of the 2014 Egyptian constitution

27 December، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Reem Abdel HalimEgyptExecutive summary: The fair provision of public services has been quite problematic in a way that cannot be tackled just through adding a few articles to the constitution. These problems, instead, require legislative and administrative solutions that raise the citizens’ living standards through an equal distribution of services offered by the state. A major part of the problem lies in the way the state public budget is planned and administered. Several laws need to be amended through the intervention of members of parliament such as the State Public Budget Law number 53 for the year 1973 and its…

Euro-Mediterranean relations: What went wrong? Towards a long-term relation and the role of think tanks in this process

30 November، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Mohamed ElAgati[1] This intervention focuses on tackling the methodology of the Euro-Med relations process rather than discussing particular events and incidents. First, I can describe the approach to this issue as problematic since it is based on a short-term view built on risk and interest assessment and measured mainly on trade balances. With the US/Russia current hegemony, like in the case of the current crisis in Syria, wise relations should target the long term and be based on opportunities and challenges’ assessments and measured on the capacity of cooperation and conducting dialogue between different stakeholders (not risk and interest). Measuring this…

Alternatives’ Papers, Second Issue (July 2015)

13 July، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Papers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Ali Hassan ,Arab Forum for Alternatives ,Mina Samir ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Omar Samir Khalaf This issue Follow-ups · Yemeni crisis…an unfinished revolution 1 (A follow-up paper) Topic of the issue · Rise of the left…will it save Greece?: Reading parliamentarian elections results. )A follow-up paper) · What is happening inside the Turkish AK (Justice and Development) party? Ali Hassan · Reading the Sudanese elections. (A follow-up paper) · Knesset Elections: a look at the united Arab list. 38 (A follow-up paper) Issues · Development of citizenship between liberal political philosophy and Egyptian reality. 44 Mina Samir Book of the issue ·…

Alternatives’ Papers, the first issue, April 2015

29 April، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Arab Forum for Alternatives ,Georges Fahmi ,Heba Khalil ,Rabha Seif ,Sameh Fawzy ,Shimaa ElSharkawyThis Issue: Follow-ups French from Arabic origins: crisis of integration. A Follow –up paper Future of Egyptian-Saudi relations in he light of regional and international changes. A Follow –up paper Issues Al-Azhar and Democratic transformation in Egypt. Dr. Georges Sarwat Fahmi Syria: Military interactions momentum on a moving map. Rabha Seif Allam Women and Citizenship: Reading the religious capital. Dr. Sameh Fawzy Book of the issue Book Review: Reinventing Democracy (From Greece to Occupy) Shimaa Elsharkawy Article Policy recommendation for the European Union towards a positive role…

On concept and practices of citizenship after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its impact on Strengthening Women’s rights

29 March، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Arab Forum for Alternativesembeddoc url=”https://www.afalebanon.org/app/uploads/2018/02/On_concept_and_practices_of_citizenship_after_the_2011_Egyptian_Revolution_and_its_impact_on_Strengthening_WomenCus_rights.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google” text=”Download”] Arab forum for alternatives organized a project on the concept and practices of citizenship after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its impact on Strengthening Women’s rights, in partnership with Arab forum for citizenship in Transition, and International Peace Institute. The project aims to come up with policy recommendations on specific issues such as citizenship and political and civil rights, citizenship and economic and social rights, citizenship and civil society, religious institutions and the discourse of citizenship. The following are executive summaries of the policy papers: Women and citizenship: reading the religious capital:…

Policy recommendations to the European Union: Towards a positive role to achieve social justice in the Arab world

4 March، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Heba Khalil Arab revolutions have shown in the past years that the followed economic models that was backed by the European Union has failed to achieve the promised development goals, and resulted in a clear reduction in citizens’ access to economic and social rights. In spite of the endorsement of the European Union on that, it still adopts policies in the course of the Deauville partnership, which goes in line with international financial institutions, which are still promoting more liberalization of trade and finance, privatization and attracting foreign direct investment, as well as austerity in spending to meet the…

The coming parliament and social justice legislations

4 March، 20158fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

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Reem Abdel HalimThe concept of social justice is not just a concept that is linked to economy in its technical sense, yet it has as well political dimensions, one of the most important dimensions is spreading the spirit and culture of peaceful coexistence among citizens, that citizens without the feeling of justice among themselves, the society cannot be in a state of stability, which in turn affects all various classes. The concept of economic and social justice in its legal framework is based on searching for legislations that hinder achievement of social justice in Egypt, and perhaps the most important…