{"id":582915,"date":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/15\/finmin-wants-to-pay-women-not-to-have-more-than-2-children\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"finmin-wants-to-pay-women-not-to-have-more-than-2-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/03\/15\/finmin-wants-to-pay-women-not-to-have-more-than-2-children\/","title":{"rendered":"FinMin wants to pay women not to have more than 2 children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The Finance Ministry <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">plans <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">to introduce financial incentives for women not to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">have more than two children<\/span><span style=\"\"> in a bid to manage population growth, accordi<\/span><span>ng to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02WjYUvPE66ekTrPdaav1ethsYdUrSZ8RHYdfcQEpsrvgDwQhe217Z2xnnpHnJAZ4Sl\" style=\"\">cabinet statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> yesterday. The ministry is proposing to put EGP 1k into trust every year for every married woman between the ages of 21 and <\/span><span style=\"\">45 <\/span><span style=\"\">who has a maximum of two children, the statement said.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The accumulated savings will be paid out to women who participate in the program once they turn 45, provided they stick to the terms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What terms?<\/span><span style=\"\"> Women must get periodic check-ups at health centers and will forfeit any money <\/span><span>they had been eligible to receive if they give birth to a third child. The amount to be paid to each woman will be based on her age at the time she signs up for the project  <\/span><span>and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">several other determinants, the statement says, without clarifying further. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ALSO FROM CABINET YESTERDAY-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Ramadan trading hours to kick in next week:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Shops, malls, restaurants, cafes, and bazaars <\/span><span style=\"\">will be <\/span><span>allowed to stay open until 2am during the month of Ramadan and the Eid Al Fitr holiday, per a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02pcYG2J5Y4VPiyaiktyrZFAeRL2ogoxNayd2XoTAr1Yvg7ZN7m8z4JUSDhD5P7Wxl\" style=\"\">cabinet decision<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. The working hours will come into effect on 22 March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMINDER- We\u2019re still running on <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/09\/18\/this-evening-nclude-closes-second-round-of-funding-madbouly-is-in-london-for-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral-81424\/\" style=\"\">winter opening hours<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">: <\/span><span style=\"\">Shops and malls must currently <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">close at 10pm (11pm on Thursdays, Fridays and national holidays) while cafes and restaurants shutter at midnight. In summer hours, these businesses can stay open an hour later.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Cabinet also approved:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A USD 350k bump to a USD 3 mn grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">providing technical assistance for upgrades to Cairo Metro Line 1;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">More than 140 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">projects under the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/01\/19\/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-decent-life-initiative-63163\/\" style=\"\">Decent Life Initiative<\/a><\/span><span>, including waste treatment plants, a governmental services complex, mother-and-child center, hospital, mosque, church, fire stations, and schools;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">joining <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/topics\/nuclear-safety-conventions\/convention-nuclear-safety\" style=\"\">Convention on Nuclear Safety<\/a><\/span><span>, a multinational treaty that commits members to adhere to certain safety standards at nuclear plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Egyptian government is trying to temper soaring population growth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":582916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7306],"tags":[282,72,359,2187],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-582915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabinet-watch","tag-cabinet-watch","tag-enterpriseam","tag-population-growth","tag-social-support","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"43479230-8a0c-4bcd-950c-54bba9baf456","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/11\/cabinetmeeting-1600px-1.jpg","photo_position":"below","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt wants to pay women not to have more than 2 children","related_issue":[582900],"teaser":"The Egyptian government is trying to temper soaring population growth","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/3\/.affb490e-32d5-4c66-b43c-3bd972fbb8fa.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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