The Environmental Consciousness of the Egyptian Woman

Amenhoteb Amin Mikhail

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The Environmental Consciousness of the Egyptian Woman

Amenhoteb Amin Mikhail^*

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Received: 4 October 2025 Accepted: 25 October 2025 Published: 30 January 2026

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Abstract

We see the traditions still control the women's role in the society generally, and essentially prevent her participation in fighting the environmental pollution, so it must be constructing the scientific strategies which aim to raise the women's awareness the environmental pollution and push the woman to participate in protecting the surrounding environment within and out the house. Hence the current study aims to test the hypotheses that: The women's awareness higher amongst women who employed who have highest educational level, and have a better attitude towards the environmental pollution types than the others with no job, and low education level. The study used the sample survey method with volume of 300 women distributed equally between urban and rural areas (of two different governorates in Egypt). With consideration to the population intensive in urban than rural areas in, the survey has been conducted in two areas which are: urban area in Cairo governorate, and the second is a village in Qaliobia governorate. The most important sample's description of the interviewers is in the age interval 40-50, it’s rate about 31.7%, and the employment rate is about 75.7%, while the literacy rate attains 29.0% among total females of the sample. The study concluded that low level of the awareness related to Global warming and Greenhouse gases, Plastic bags cause Food contamination and, Pesticide pollutes the internal Environment exist in the most of the sample, where more than 29.8% between employed women and 28.1% between unemployed women of the sample does know nothing about ″the pesticide pollute the internal environment″.

Published in	Research and Innovation (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ri.20260202.17
Page(s)	173-182
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Educational Levels, Vocational Status, Population Problem, Pollution Types, Awareness

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