Egypt's Position and Allies

Egypt's Stance

Egypt is at its worst stance in the field of Women's rights and Gender Gap. Since the Spring Revolution there has been a great deal of change in the women society. When Mubarak was overthrown, the women in the country saw this as an window of opportunity to eradicate the suppression against women (in other words, to establish Essential Women's Rights) by performing marches, speeches and ultimately resulting in another revolution. As the Muslim Brotherhood took governmental authority through a democratic system, Mohammed Morsi had rejected the CEDAW proposal making it far more difficult for women to stand up for their rights. Freedom of Expression was now close to impossible for the women in the nation but two years later the Muslim Brotherhood was also overthrown by their own citizens in responce to their inability to solve the nations issues. Then to the current day, the situation has not improved. Women have revolted but the government fails to find a solution. Knowing this the women and the nation has called upon international support for the emergence of the lack of womens rights. 

Egypt's Allies  

At this moment it is difficult to say who in particular are the allies of Egypt because there has been no comfirmed government in the nation. Nevertheless, international support is definately in need especially in the field of womens rights. 

Background on Women Rights

Top 10 issues that affect women in the world

1.  Lack of progress
2. Women get paid less (when they work more)
3. Gender discrimination in general
4. Women and media
5. Violence 
6. Reproductive rights, and population issues
7. Women and children; The double dividend of gender equality 
8. Employment
9. Culture rights 
10. Independence

Regions that Lack Women rights (Ordered by Gender Gap [Population considered]; World Economic Forum)

• India; Ranked 101
• Yemen; Ranked 136
• Saudi Arabia; Ranked 127
• Pakistan; Ranked 135
• Egypt; Ranked 125
• Algeria; Ranked 124

The most effected regions are the Middle East, Majority of North Africa and South Asia. The Government have a common reasoning behind this issue of Womens Rights. They all either don't have the authority, won't budge or that they don't have a government at all. At first it all started out as a cultural and religious cult giving women particular roles that are accepted in society but as time passed women rights were sparked around the world trying to eradicate the gap between the sexes. These regions could not accept or imply such rights because the government argues that it isn't possible as it would either cost a significant amount of GDP or that it defies cultural and religious laws. That is why these regions are considered to be one of the most difficult places for women to be.

Source: "Global Gender Gap | World Economic Forum - Global Gender Gap." Global Gender Gap. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

Unique Ethnic Groups

Groups that live apart from the norm of a given society of that particular country. These are 4 examples,

Country: Africa
Group: The Fon People

Bio: The Fon people are the major West African ethnic and linguistic group in the country of Benin, and southwest Nigeria, made up of more than 3,500,000 people.

Country: India

Group: Garos

Bio: Garos are a tribal people in Meghalaya, India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh, who call themselves 'hill people'. Garos are one the few remaining matrilineal societies in the world.

Country: America

Group: Abenaki People

Bio: The Abenaki are a tribe of Native American and first nations people. They live in the New England region of the US and Quebec and the Maritimes of Canada, a region called Wabanaki. The Abenaki are one of the five members of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Country: India

Group: Adi / Bokar Lhoba people

Bio: The Lhoba people is a major collective tribe living in the himalayan hills of Arunchal Pradesh. the older term Abor is a deprecated exonym from Assamese meaning "uncontrolled". The literal meaning of Adi is "hill" or 'mountain top'

Source: Wikipedia

• "Fon People." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.
• "Garo (tribe)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Aug. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.
• "Abenaki People." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.
• "Adi People." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

Response to the Article "The Man who lived without Money"

Personal Response

Apart from the ironical fact that he used the internet to share this ideal, I think he has achieved a significant feat. He has definitely spread awareness of people that Life without Money, is indeed, possible. He has evidently broke the traditional ideal of "Money is Happiness and Success". I personally loved the statement where he says, "If we were to grow our food, we wouldn't waste a third of it as we do today. If we made our own tables and chairs, we wouldn't throw them out the moment we changed the interior Decor. If we had to clean our own drinking water, we probably wound't shit in it." It helps us visualize and to some degree, empathize his experience. It doesn't sound all that bad, in fact, pretty intriguing and inspiring. I tip my hat to this man.  

The People for and against the Internet (2 for each)

Famous People who are for the Internet

• Steve Jobs: "I am very excited to have internet in my den"
• Bill Gates: "The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow"

Famous People who are against the Internet

• J.K. Rowling: "The internet has been a boon and a curse for all the teenagers"
• Jon Stewart: "The Internet is just a world passing on notes in a classroom"

Egypt's Stance in Women's rights

Egypt's position in the field of women rights is in an all-time-low. (Last week reports; 'Egypt worst place for women')

• After the revolution, women's rights have plummeted and women have been treated, not only unequally but worse.
• When the Muslim Brotherhood took over they rejected the CEDAW agreement, arguing it is for the well-being of the Muslim community (Conservative, Extreme motive) 
• Mubarak (original dictator who was ousted as the result of the revolution), Mohammed Morsi (First democratically elected government who also was ousted) and the military (current authoritative government) did no better than the Muslim Brotherhood.
• Egypt is ranked one of the worst nations for women, 'officially'
• There has been no official records of the stance of women, except for online secondary sources.
• Women have no say in politics
• Women have no Freedom of speech
• Women are discriminated until they gain identity through marriage (still is discriminated though less)
• Nation (Muslim Brotherhood) argues that the reason for this is because it is to satisfy the religious and moral references.
• Muslim Brotherhood will not budge
• After their ousting and jail-time, women continue to fight for essential women rights and calls upon international attention and support.

QOL / SOL Thoughts; Response to the 2nd Essay

1.What was the topic of your essay?

GDP and Standard of living; Question: Is GDP an accurate way to measure the standard of living? And my Essay Response/Thesis: No, GDP is an ineffective tool to measure the Standard of living. 

2. How has your opinion changed through the research you did while writing your essay?

I had thought that GDP was a direct measure of the nation’s standard of living but through data and research I have found that GDP is only the measure of the standard of living and the measure itself is usually inaccurate.

3. What interesting facts did you find out during your research that you did not include in your essay (were not relevant to your topic?)

The ranking and difference of national GDP (as in Purchasing Power) compared that of GDP per capita is massive. For example India’s GDP (Purchasing Power) is 4.515 trillion which is 3^rd in the world but the GDP per capita is 3700$; 164^th in the world.

4. How do you think your quality of life and standard of living relate to others around the world (which country/demographic do you think your circumstances are on par with?)

I believe I am privileged to have a higher-than-average quality of life and standard of living to those compared to citizens that live in Egypt but on the other hand, lower quality of standard of living compared to citizens of Korea.