Editing Cairo (section)

==Society==
In the present day, Cairo is a heavily urbanized city. Because of the influx of people into the city, lone standing houses are rare, and apartment buildings accommodate for the limited space and abundance of people. Single detached houses are usually owned by the wealthy.<ref name = february>{{Cite web |title=Life in Modern Cairo |url=https://www.laits.utexas.edu/cairo/modern/life/life.html |access-date=2021-03-24 |website=www.laits.utexas.edu |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225093029/http://www.laits.utexas.edu/cairo/modern/life/life.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Formal education is also seen as important, with twelve years of standard formal education. Cairenes can take a standardized test similar to the [[SAT]] to be accepted to an institution of higher learning, but most children do not finish school and opt to pick up a trade to enter the workforce.<ref name = february/> Egypt still struggles with [[poverty]], with almost half the population living on $2 or less a day.<ref>Mitchell Hartman, '' On Rich and Poor in Egypt''. Marketplace, 2011.</ref>

===Women's rights===
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The civil rights movement for women in Cairo – and by extent, Egypt – has been a struggle for years. Women are reported to face constant discrimination, sexual harassment, and abuse throughout Cairo. A 2013 [[United Nations|UN]] study found that over 99% of [[Women in Egypt|Egyptian women]] reported experiencing sexual harassment at some point in their lives.<ref>United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerement of Women, [https://www.eisf.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2172-UN-Women-2013-Study-on-Ways-and-Methods-to-Eliminate-Sexual-Harassment-in-Egypt.pdf Study on Ways and Methods to Eliminate Sexual Harassment in Egypt] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528205636/https://gisf.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2172-UN-Women-2013-Study-on-Ways-and-Methods-to-Eliminate-Sexual-Harassment-in-Egypt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729170507/https://gisf.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2172-UN-Women-2013-Study-on-Ways-and-Methods-to-Eliminate-Sexual-Harassment-in-Egypt.pdf |archive-date=2020-07-29 |url-status=live |date=28 May 2021 }}</ref> The problem has persisted in spite of new national laws since 2014 defining and criminalizing sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27726849 |title=Egypt brings in new sex assault laws |date=2014-06-05 |work=BBC News |access-date=2020-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012162357/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27726849 |url-status=live}}</ref> The situation is so severe that in 2017, Cairo was named by one poll as the most dangerous [[megacity]] for women in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41637383 |title=Cairo 'most dangerous' city for women |date=2017-10-16 |work=BBC News |access-date=2020-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305110340/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41637383 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, the social media account "Assault Police" began to name and shame perpetrators of violence against women, in an effort to dissuade potential offenders.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Declan |date=2020-10-02 |title=The 22-Year-Old Force Behind Egypt's Growing #MeToo Movement |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/world/middleeast/egypt-metoo-sexual-harassment-ashraf.html |access-date=2021-01-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311144311/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/world/middleeast/egypt-metoo-sexual-harassment-ashraf.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The account was founded by student [[Nadeen Ashraf]], who is credited for instigating an iteration of the [[Me Too movement|#MeToo movement]] in Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egypt's #MeToo Activists See Progress, but 'the Road Ahead Is Long' |url=https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/29295/in-egypt-women-s-rights-activists-see-progress-but-the-road-ahead-is-long |access-date=2021-01-09 |website=www.worldpoliticsreview.com |date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311144312/https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/29295/in-egypt-women-s-rights-activists-see-progress-but-the-road-ahead-is-long |url-status=live}}</ref>