The New Health Insurance Law for Egyptian Farmers and Agricultural Workers: A Critical Review

On 18 September 2014, almost one week after the commemoration of Egypt’s National Farmers’ Day, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi issued Law No. 127 expanding health insurance to cover uninsured agricultural holders and agricultural workers. This report investigates the details of the new Law and the way in which it is being implemented on the ground. Specifically, it tracks the early phase of its execution, mainly by interviewing relevant stakeholders and conducting fieldwork in the North Giza governorate villages of Wardan, Abu Ghalib and Um Dinar between June 7 and September 30, 2016.

Enquête sur les Conditions de Travail des Femmes en Milieu Rural

Study on the Working Conditions of Women in Rural Areas

The general objective of this study in French from 2014 is to assess the level of discrimination that women are subjected to in order to organise advocacy for better working conditions of women in rural areas in Tunisia and to oppose the discrimination against the women working in agriculture.

L’objectif général de cette enquête de 2014 vise à déterminer les niveaux de discrimination dont sont victimes les femmes en vue d’organiser des actions de plaidoyer pour garantir de meilleures conditions de travail des femmes en milieu rural et pour lutter contre les discriminations dont elles sont victimes.

Gender division of labour in Syrian cotton fields

A brief example of the gender division of work in Syrian cotton agriculture from Roman's PhD research.