About 3.3 million Egyptian families are financially supported by women as the main breadwinner representing 14 percent of the total number of families, according to a report released by Egypt’s official statistics body the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). According to the report, women working in the government sector is 25.8 percent compared to 74.2 percent for men. In the 2018 cabinet reshuffle, Egypt assigned two female ministers to join another four in the same cabinet. Moreover, about 16.3 percent of women are working in supply and interior trade and only 5.4 percent are working in oil and mining industry. Earlier this month Niven AlKabbag, Assistant to the Minister of Social Solidarity, revealed that female-headed households in Egypt reached 25 percent.

Source: Egypt Independent March 11, 2018 12:11 UTC