| An Overview | The Ministry of Administrative Development has prepared an administrative reform program to achieve the goals of the economic and social development plan for employment generation (Akeel, A. 2000). |
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| Women in the Egyptian Government Sector |
| Women accounts for about a third of the total number of workers in the Government sector. |
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| Distribution of female workers in the administrative body | Year | Figures | Percentage | 1996 | 1251680 | 31% | 2000 | 1334500 | 31% |
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| Distribution of workers in the high positions in the administrative body according to gender | | Male | Female | Leading position | 5513 | 1578 | 66.3% | 52.8% | Non-Leading position | 2799 | 1408 | 33.7% | 47% | Total | 8315 | 2986 |
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| Source : Elazazy ,M. ( 2001 ) (Arabic) |
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| | Improve the standard of performance of the government administrative system and change the administrative methods applied in its units. | | Render the administrative system capable of dealing with the requirements of an era of free investment. | | Face the negative effects of administrative bureaucracy. | | Pay attention to the public and to eliminate the difficulties it faces in dealing with the government. | | Improve performance standards and promote skills. | | Enhance human performance in the government system through the use of modern technology. |
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| | Reorganizing the state administrative system and improving its organizational and functional structure, with a focus on top management. | | Addressing the problems of the labor surplus in the administrative system and creating functional structures to achieve optimum use of the work force. | | Rationalizing job structures and developing remuneration, incentive and bonus schemes. | | Developing government service performance to facilitate the public’s dealings with government authorities. | | Selecting top administrative leaders. | | Modernizing government management by establishing advanced databases and of government activities through automation. |
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| | Restructuring the State Administrative System. | | Rationalizing of employee numbers in the government system | | Rationalizing job structures and developing remuneration, incentive and bonus systems | | Improving the standard of performance in the government services. | | Developing employee skills and raising administrative efficiency standards. | | Proper selection of administrative leaders | | Using modern technology to serve administrative activities |
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| The percentage of women in top management posts in the government sector does not exceed 16% of the total number of such posts. With the application of a half-time scheme, women will be always kept in lower grades and the gender gap in top managerial jobs will never be eliminated. |
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