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Ahmed El Metwally ,Norhan SheirefEgyptAlia Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem The right to medicine is one of the most important components of the health care system in the world. The United Nations considers it an integral part of the right to health principle. In addition, medicine is essential for all human beings in all societies because of its direct relationship to the right to physical integrity and life. The task of providing medicines at fair prices in Egypt was one of the main features of the state’s perception in the Nasserist era of social justice and self-sufficiency. Through the industrialization of the…

On developing public services through public budgeting to achieve social justice in Egypt

8 August، 2019emad oufPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Reem Abdel HalimEgyptPolicy recommendations paper Radwa El Kholy The paper examines the public budget as one of the means by which social justice can be achieved in provision of public services. The focus in the paper was on four sectors: education, housing, health and social security. The significance of the public budget is that it reflects economic, political and social orientation of the government. As well, the process of allocating resources to government bodies for various purposes is essentially a political process. The public budget in Egypt, in its current form and its organized law, reflects the structural stages of…

International institutions and social justice in the Arab Spring countries

18 May، 2019emad oufPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Omar Samir KhalafEgypt ,Morocco ,Tunisia Omar Samir This paper analyzes the roles of the international financial institutions, which are contradictory to the Arab Spring countries, between the mistakes of the past, the call for more just policies, and the actual policies to support a more severe austerity and structural adjustment programs, Economic and social rights and whether there were experiences outside the box of such institutions? The paper tackled the impact of regional and international financial institutions on the economic policies of the Arab Spring countries. The policies of these institutions in the Arab region and the associated conditionalities through…

A Talk on Addressing inequalities from a global perspective

9 October، 2018أيمن عبد المعطيPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Azfar Khan Addressing inequalities from a global perspective[1] Prof. Azfar Khan[2] This disposition to admire …the rich and powerful, and to…neglect, persons of poor and mean condition…is at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. Adam Smith Theory of Moral Sentiments One might think that talking about ‘inequality’ and its manifestations would be a fairly routine chore. After all, it is an issue that has been touted by academics, policy makers, labour representatives and political activists for some time now as a salient concern in our world today. There have…

The quest for an alternative economy: Social activism in Tunisia as a case in point

25 April، 2018أيمن عبد المعطيPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Layla Al RiahiIntroduction: The restructuring of development patterns has for a long time been part of the official discourse of all political players in Tunisia, whether governments or opposition factions, political parties or trade unions, right wing or left wing, since the winter of 2010. Despite consensus over the necessity of restructuring the Tunisian economy, the level of political will required to achieve this end was never reached throughout the past seven years despite the relatively substantial political changes that took place during that time and the continuation of lobbying by social movements. According to al-Saghir al-Salihi, the absence of…

Towards an alternative participatory economy: The role of the state

19 March، 2018أيمن عبد المعطيPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Heba Khalil Introduction: Any plan for an alternative economy that goes beyond the current capitalist system requires a state with an independent administration as far as decision-making is concerned, one that is well connected to society and the private sector, especially different forms of production including cooperatives and labor unions. The existence of an independent and uncorrupt administrative structure is one of the most important steps for the transition to an alternative economy that replaces that current neoliberal order and challenges the dominant capitalist discourse. Such administration would protect the economy from its enemies both on the domestic and foreign…

Environmental citizenship: On equal access to natural resources

19 March، 2018أيمن عبد المعطيPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Abdelmawla Ismail Introduction: The environment is among the most vital sectors that are constantly being subjected to monopoly and control attempts by multi-nationals that aim at integrating environmental resources such as land, water, and renewable energy into neoliberal markets. In doing so, those corporations aim at turning resources from services whose main purpose is serving citizens into commodities that should yield profit, hence putting pressure on locals whose livelihood depends on those resources and triggering a major deterioration in the living conditions of farmers, fishermen, shepherds, and others. The aim of the paper: The paper attempts to envision a…

International institutions in an alternative economy

13 March، 2018أيمن عبد المعطيPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Rasha Abu ZakiThe Bretton Woods Conference was held 73 years ago. Ever since, the institutions that emerged from this conference have witnessed a number of transformations, faced waves of criticism and engaged in self-criticism, and expanded their influence and promoted their financial policies across a large number of countries all over the world. Despite the financial character of these institutions, their impact transcended the economy to encompass culture, society, and human rights among others. In 1944, the United States was on its way to become the world’s superpower. After going through several fluctuations that included phases of economic stagnation, the…

Healthcare funding policies and alternatives

23 November، 20178fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Raja Kassab Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”[1]. Health is one of human beings’ basic rights as stated in a number of universal charters. The constitution of the WHO, for example, states that the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” The same applies to Article 25 of the Universal Charter of Human Rights and Article 12…

Industry as a core foundation of an alternative economy

23 November، 20178fe72e23ug8oPapers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

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Salama Kela Introduction: It has become obvious throughout the years social justice is not possible under a capitalist system. The same applies to responding to the basic demands put forward by the Arab revolutions[1]. It is also clear that through systematic exploitation of the peripheries, capitalism contributes to making the domestic conditions of each of those countries unfit for the implementation of the principles of social justice[2]. Based on this, the concept of an economic and political alternative in the broad sense of the word was proposed[3]. Initially, the focus was on a class-oriented alternative, which meant that it is…