Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr released on Tuesday the new statistical digest “Children in Egypt 2016” which provides a comprehensive review of key statistics on Egyptian children.
The event was attended by Abu Bake El Gendy, head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS); Maisa Shawki, Deputy Minister of Health and representative of the National Council For Childhood and Motherhood; and Bruno Maes, representative of UNICEF, under the auspices of the ministry of investment.
The digest brings together a wide spectrum of data relevant to child wellbeing. This tool, which reflects the current situation of children in Egypt, aims to give professionals and the general public access to a comprehensive selection of the most recent and quality statistics that are available on children in Egypt. It contains over 200 statistical tables organized in 14 thematic chapters, covering essential dimensions of child wellbeing, including survival, health and nutrition, access to water and sanitation, education, child protection, and poverty.
As the world has come to agree on new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Children in Egypt informs and tracks progress on child-related SDGs indicators putting Egypt in an advanced position on the monitoring of indicators, and comes timely to inform the Government planning and coordination efforts to fulfill Egypt’s renewed commitment for children under the new development framework.
The data presented in the digest come from primary and secondary statistical sources: official national data (derived from administrative sources and surveys) are in some cases accompanied by data extracted from international databases, managed mainly by the United Nations’ agencies, which contain standardized statistics mainly intended for international comparison.
The most recent available data and trends are reported for each of the selected indicators, together with metadata that include reference to the original data source. To the extent possible, data are disaggregated by gender, geographic location and socio-economic status.
To ensure its continued relevance, the digest is updated every year, to reflect the release of new statistics from the various sources. This should facilitate continuous monitoring of trends in the indicators of child well-being and provide robust knowledge on the progress towards the realization of child rights.
The 2016 edition of Children in Egypt reflects among others new the data from the 2015, Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, education statistics for the 2015-16 school-year, updated demographic data, and a comprehensive update of statistics on children from international data sources.