Egyptian Women on the Front Lines of the Informal Economy as Economic Pressure Pushes Them Into Hard Labor - Top 50 Women Forum

Egyptian Women on the Front Lines of the Informal Economy as Economic Pressure Pushes Them Into Hard Labor - Top 50 Women Forum

At 2 a.m. in Al-Moneeb, Giza, women are not waiting for buses to visit relatives. They are standing in galabeyas, carrying heavy construction tools and competing for a place on cement trucks in the hope of securing a day’s work. Hours later and several kilometers away, in the polished streets of New Cairo, another woman speeds through the midday heat on a motorcycle. When she reaches her destination, she removes her helmet and delivers a hot mea…