http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2015/05/usaid-sanitation-webinar-april-28-20/ from the WASHplus Project Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2015/05/usaid-sanitation-webinar-april-28-20/#comment-126698 Putra Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:36:03 +0000 http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/?p=2979#comment-126698 The Egypt Independent Newspaper reported on February 13, 2012 that a rrseaech paper prepared by Hamdi al-Henawy, professor of social economy, has shown that violence against women costs Egypt an annual LE147.6 billion. The paper argued that the community pays LE841 a month per adult woman for medical treatment and due to the disruption of her productivity as a result of violence done against her. The paper revealed that violence against women costs Egypt LE642.3 million in direct losses and LE143.7 billion in indirect losses in 2010. The study was conducted on a random sample of 1,503 households in Minya, Sohag, Cairo and Alexandria, among families of low, middle and high economic backgrounds.According to the study, the first of its kind in the Arab world, 60 percent of parents choose husbands for their daughters, while 40 percent of women were allowed to choose their spouses for themselves. The Egypt Independent Newspaper reported on February 13, 2012 that a rrseaech paper prepared by Hamdi al-Henawy, professor of social economy, has shown that violence against women costs Egypt an annual LE147.6 billion. The paper argued that the community pays LE841 a month per adult woman for medical treatment and due to the disruption of her productivity as a result of violence done against her. The paper revealed that violence against women costs Egypt LE642.3 million in direct losses and LE143.7 billion in indirect losses in 2010. The study was conducted on a random sample of 1,503 households in Minya, Sohag, Cairo and Alexandria, among families of low, middle and high economic backgrounds.According to the study, the first of its kind in the Arab world, 60 percent of parents choose husbands for their daughters, while 40 percent of women were allowed to choose their spouses for themselves.

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