On International Family Day, learn about government programs to protect families socially

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The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Tuesday issued a press release on the occasion of the International Family Day, corresponding to 15 May each year, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993 to call for attention to the family and urged all countries and official and non-official bodies to work to raise the standard of living of the family To be an effective unit in the overall development and achievement of development goals.

This year, under the theme "Families, Work and Climate," we are focusing on Goal 13 of sustainable development goals SDG13"We review the government's efforts in the social protection programs for families, according to the statement issued by the Statistics Authority, which pointed out that one of the most prominent and most recent programs was the 100 million health program launched by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The aim of the president's program is "100 million health", to examine all citizens and early detection of hepatitis C infection in all governorates of the republic, diabetes, hypertension and obesity, and to guide those who are detected for free treatment in various units and hospitals in the Republic.

This is in addition to the efforts of the government in the field of social protection of families and out of poverty, through the program of "Takaful and dignity", Which aims to improve the lives of poor families through cash transfers paid monthly and provide health and educational services for children and mothers, as well as the extraction of ration cards and bread support.

The program also improves the infrastructure of dilapidated households deprived of drinking water and sanitation, as well as the protection of the elderly, the disabled, orphans, divorcees, widows and other groups worthy of living in dignity. "Health care for the needy".

The "Health Care for the Poor" program aims to provide health care and health insurance for school students. A new program, "Health Care for the Poor," which was also launched in Upper Egypt in March 2015, targets health coverage for the poorest of the poor, (C virus).

And the Women's Economic Empowerment Program, are also part of the government's social protection programs for Egyptian families. Through this program, women are assisted in the implementation of small and micro projects. The Ministry of Social Solidarity offers soft loans for small and micro enterprises for women. Nearly 500 million pounds directed to 80,900 women.

In this context, on the occasion of the International Day of the Family, the Census Bureau's statement referred to the number of Egyptian families, which is about 24.3 million families, of whom about 10.8 million are urban dwellers, 44.3%, and about 13.5 million are rural residents, about 55.7% The number of families, as the statement pointed to the age structure of family members, which came as follows:

– 34.2% of household members in the age group less than 15 years.

– 26.8% in the youth group from 15 to 29 years.

– 35.1% of persons of working age from 30 to 64 years.

– Percentage of elderly age 65 years and over

According to the Education Statistics for the academic year 2017/2018, the device statement indicated that there is19 577 thousand students enrolled in public education, and 865 thousand students enrolled in technical education for pre-university education, within the members of Egyptian families, and the detailed distribution of them, as follows:

1.3 million students enrolled in pre-primary education.

– 11.6 million students enrolled in primary education.

– 4.8 million students are enrolled in preparatory education.

– 3 million and 574 thousand students enrolled in secondary education, including (1.7 million students in the general secondary, 898 thousand in industrial, 751 in commerce, 216 in agriculture).

– 168 1000 students enrolled in community education and special education.

– 2 million and 985 thousand students enrolled in all institutions of higher education (universities and institutes) and about half of them females.

According to the Marriage and Divorce Initial Statistics of 2018, the number of marriage contracts at the level of the Republic was 88,315 in 2018, compared to 912,606 in 2017. The rate of marriage fell from 9.6 per 1,000 population in 2017 to 9.1 per 1,000 population in 2018, Divorce certificates 211521 General certificate, compared to 198269 certificate, the divorce rate has risen from 2.1 per thousand population in 2017 to 2.2 per thousand population in 2018.

In its statement, the Statistics Authority also mentioned the distribution of households according to the type of residential units they reside in, as follows:

– 10.7% of the households live in the entire building (3.8% in urban areas, 16.1% in rural areas).

– 78% live in an apartment (91.2% in urban areas, 67.6% in rural areas).

– 6.4% reside in one or more separate rooms (2.9% in urban areas, 9.2% in rural areas).

– 2.6% reside in one or more rooms within a residential unit (1.2% in urban areas, 3.6% in rural areas).

According to the health statistics for 2017, the number of insured persons was 54.2 million in 2017, compared to 51.1 million in 2015, an increase of 6%. The number of insured persons in 2017 is as follows: 41.6% , 22.1% working persons, 5.7% pensions and widows, 1.5% working women.

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