Links to Additional Information about Egypt

Background Information

1. Wikipedia: Demographics of Egypt
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Egypt 
2. CIA World Factbook: Egypt
   https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
3. The Egyptian Government: Egypt's Geography
   http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/geography.html
4. United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Report
   http://www.undp.org.eg/
5. United Nations Millennium Development Goals
   http://www.undp.org.eg/Default.aspx?tabid=77

Social Issues

1. World Bank: Key Development Data and Statistics for Egypt http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?PTYPE=CP&CCODE=EGY
2. United Nations Development Programme: Egypt Country Profile
   http://www.undp.org.eg/Default.aspx?tabid=75
3. Egyptian Center for Women's Rights
   http://www.ecwronline.org/english/index.htm
4. UNICEF: The Situation of Women and Children in Egypt
   http://www.unicef.org/egypt/overview.html
5. UNICEF: Issues Facing Children in Egypt
   http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/egypt.html
6. Global Policy Network: Country Report, Egypt
   http://www.gpn.org/data/egypt.html
7. Program on Governance in the Arab Region: Gender Issues in Egypt
   http://www.undp-pogar.org/countries/gender.asp?cid=5

Economic Issues

1. Al-Ahram Weekly: Regulatory Obstacles for Small and Micro Enterprises
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/618/ec7.htm
2. Al-Ahram Weekly: "Trying Times for SMEs"
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/667/feature.htm
3. Eldis: The Paradox of Education and Unemployment in Egypt
   http://www.eldis.org/go/display/?id=13379&type=Document

Religion

1. U.S. Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report, 2007
   http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90209.htm
2. Wikipedia: Al-Azhar Mosque and Al-Azhar University
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Azhar_University
3. History of the Church in Egypt
   http://merf.woh.gospelcom.net/articles/egypt.html
4. The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt
   http://www.coptic.net/encyclopediacoptica/
5. Wikipedia: Evangelical Church of Egypt
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Egypt_(Synod_of_the_Nile)
6. The Estimate: Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt
   http://www.theestimate.com/public/01282000a.html

Links to Additional Information about CEOSS' Work

1. ETC Ecoculture: Working Paper on Projects in Rural Egypt http://www.prolinnova.net/Working_Papers/WP1.pdf#search='CEOSS%20egypt'
2. International Institute for Rural Reconstruction: CEOSS' Enviro-Agro Project
   http://www.iirr.org/PTD/abstracts/abstract13%20summary%20mainpage.htm
3. United Nations Development Programme: Environmental Sanitation Of El-Hekr Area
   http://www.undp.org/governance/programmes/life/Case%20Study-El%20Hekr.doc

1. Communication for Change: Empowering Women to Claim Educational Rights  
   http://www.c4c.org/egypt.html
2. UNESCO: Celebrating Education   
   http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30299&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
3. Qantara: The 4^th Egyptian-German Dialogue
   http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-356/i.html

1. Global Ministries: Nutrition in an Egyptian Village
   http://www.globalministries.org/mee/spo5.htm
2. The Presbyterian Church of the USA: CEOSS’ Community Health Project
   http://www.pcusa.org/health/international/profiles/ceoss.htm
3. Habitat for Humanity: Partnership with CEOSS
   http://www.habitat.org/intl/ame/61.aspx?print=true

1. Al-Ahram: Empowering Women through Film
   http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/457/feat1.htm
2. Church World Service: Addressing Child Labor in Old Cairo
   http://www.churchworldservice.org/Development/project_description/descriptions/53.html
3. Communication for Change: Taking a Stand against Female Genital Mutilation
   http://www.c4c.org/taking.html
4. RHO: Positive Deviance Approach to Combat Female Genital Mutilation
   http://www.rho.org/html/hthps_progexamples.htm#egypt-ceoss