History, culture, and IFC assistance - promoting women's income generation in Siwa Oasis (English)

Seven hundred miles from Cairo, the Siwa Oasis is located close to the Libyan border in Egypt's Western Desert. Alexander the Great came through here in 331 BC for a consultation with the Oracle of Amun. The remote Oasis was connected to the rest of Egypt only when an asphalt road was built in the 1980s, linking Siwa and Marsa Matruh. Siwa's solitary location has allowed Siwans to maintain their way of life and to preserve their Siwi language. Still...

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Niethammer,Carmen;

Abdella, Heba;

Siblini,Kamal M.;

Fadl,Nermine Samir;
Document Date
2007/05/11
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
46072
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Egypt, Arab Republic of,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2008/10/24
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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History, culture, and IFC assistance - promoting women's income generation in Siwa Oasis
Keywords
equal pay for equal work

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Niethammer,Carmen; Abdella, Heba; Siblini,Kamal M.; Fadl,Nermine Samir.

History, culture, and IFC assistance - promoting women's income generation in Siwa Oasis (English). IFC smart lessons brief Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/426641468247491469

History, culture, and IFC assistance - promoting women's income generation in Siwa Oasis (English)

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