{"id":543556,"date":"2022-02-07T03:44:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/07\/egypt-in-the-news-overpopulation-european-demands-for-action-on-our-human-rights-record\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:44:10","slug":"egypt-in-the-news-overpopulation-european-demands-for-action-on-our-human-rights-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/07\/egypt-in-the-news-overpopulation-european-demands-for-action-on-our-human-rights-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt in the News: Overpopulation + European demands for action on our human rights record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When more is not merrier: Our growing population poses challenges to<\/strong> <strong>development efforts<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-06\/a-surging-population-brings-risks-for-next-host-of-global-climate-talks?srnd=premium-middle-east\">Bloomberg<\/a> writes. With a birth rate of 3.4 children per woman, Egypt\u2019s 100 mn+ population could nearly double by 2050 if left unchecked. Attempts to fight poverty will have little effect if Egypt\u2019s fertility rate doesn\u2019t drop, the outlet reports, while efforts to tame birth rates continue to face difficulties due to what officials call citizens\u2019 \u201ccavalier approach to bearing children they can\u2019t afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the human rights front: <\/strong>175 European lawmakers called on the UN to establish \u201ca human rights monitoring and reporting mechanism\u201d on Egypt in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcoetjen.de\/artikel\/joint-letter-urging-for-the-establishment-of-a-un-human-rights-monitoring-mechanism-on-egypt\">open letter<\/a> published last week. The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-middle-east-africa-religion-egypt-66d32381f89ce98a91402aea0677d16a\">Associated Press<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/un-asked-to-monitor-egypt-human-rights\/a-60649827\">Deutsche Welle<\/a> covered the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also making headlines: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Amin case: <\/strong>Former CBC owner Mohamed El Amin could face life in prison after the chief prosecutor referred him to trial for the alleged [redacted] assault of children at his orphanage. (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-africa-media-egypt-sexual-assault-8e8ff2122395648e3933f4acf8d7743f\">Associated Press<\/a>) <\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuk-tuk drivers are worried <\/strong>after the government in November <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0db2880d-bff8-49bc-a419-f0d0edc9ff40\">imposed an<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0db2880d-bff8-49bc-a419-f0d0edc9ff40\">import ban<\/a> on tuk-tuk components as part of plans to green Egypt\u2019s streets. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/egypts-tuk-tuk-drivers-wary-plans-green-streets-2022-02-03\/\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A tale of two dams:<\/strong> Kenyan outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/tea\/business\/construction-of-tanzania-dam-egyptian-builders-raises-eyebrows-3706294\">The East African<\/a> contrasts the dam being built by Arab Contractors in Tanzania with the ongoing dispute over the GERD in Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When more is not merrier: Our growing population poses challenges to development efforts, Bloomberg writes. With a birth rate of 3.4 children per woman, Egypt\u2019s 100 mn+ population could nearly double by 2050 if left unchecked. 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