• Wednesday, 2 December 2020

    Mmmm… 100 mn is enough?

    The government wants us to stop reproducing like rabbits. A two-year action plan aims to bring down Egypt’s fertility rate to 2.4 children per woman by 2030, down from a current 3.5 children per woman, Planning Minister Hala El Said...
  • Monday, 9 November 2020

    Family planning programs aims to get over 20 mn families on board by mid 2021

    More than 20 mn families will be onboarded in the government’s family planning program with over 2.8 mn new participants by mid-2021, according to a Planning Ministry statement. The program also aims to increase the number of women who use...
  • Tuesday, 7 April 2020

    Egypt in the news on 7 April

    Headlines to skim on an otherwise quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press: Work on Egypt’s megaprojects has resumed, with construction workers returning this week to sites in the new administrative capital and a new coastal city, the National...
  • Wednesday, 12 February 2020

    What we’re tracking on 12 February 2020

    We officially became a nation of 100 mn people crammed in like sardines at around noon yesterday, according to CAPMAS’ digital counter, Reuters and the local press report. Baby girl Yasmine Rabie, who was born in Minya, became the 100...
  • Sunday, 26 January 2020

    MP proposes draft bill criminalizing child marriage in Egypt

    House Defense Committee Chairman Kamal Amer has drafted a bill that would criminalize child marriage and impose a prison sentence and a EGP 5-10k fine on violators, according to Youm7. Amer says addressing child marriages would help curb population growth.
  • Monday, 23 December 2019

    House moves ahead with Family Planning Act

    LEGISLATION WATCH- House is pushing ahead with Family Planning Act: The House Complaints and Proposals Committee has approved a draft bill that aims to curb population growth in Egypt by offering benefits and incentives to parents with no more than...
  • Sunday, 1 September 2019

    Egypt’s population may exceed 130 mn by 2030

    Egypt’s population may exceed 130 mn by 2030, posing a challenge to the state’s sustainable development goals, said Planning Minister Hala El Said in a statement yesterday. The ministry has outlined a strategy for this fiscal year to curb the...
  • Sunday, 10 February 2019

    Egypt in the News on 10 February 2019: gov’t population target, other headlines

    The government’s “Two is Enough” population control program is the focal point of an in-depth piece by the Financial Times’ Heba Saleh. The program essentially aims to reduce the fertility rate from 3.5 children per woman to 2.4 by 2030...

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