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Opinion| Gender Equality and a Sustainable Planet: We cannot achieve one without the other

More than ever, it is crucial to work together to realize a gender-equal world with climate-smart and sustainable approaches. At this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – the world’s largest gathering on gender equality currently being held in New York – governments will agree on the priorities to address gender and climate change. Ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh in November, these CSW priorities will underline how gender equality can drive climate action and mitigate impacts. Egypt has prioritized gender equality and women’s empowerment at the highest level, and its presidency of COP 27 is an opportunity to mobilise Member States and the private sector to do the same.

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South Korea accelerates cooperation for gender equality in Egypt

Appreciating the efforts and achievements of the Egyptian government for gender equality through various initiatives like the 2030 National Women’s Strategy, Hong reiterated the Korean government’s will to support the agenda, hoping that such cooperation will “make a society where gender equality is [commonplace] so no one needs to stress it.”

Daily News Egypt

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WEF discusses gender equality

Female leaders steer big corporations and major economies. But at the World Economic Forum they are still grossly underrepresented, with only 20 percent of participants being women, reports Manuela Kasper-Claridge.The room is small; it won’t hold more than 100 chairs. Two cameras are set up, there is a small coffee bar in one of the …

Deutsche Welle

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The future is in our hands: why Egypt needs gender equality

Unfortunately, it will come as no surprise to those of you reading this that women are treated as less equal than men in Egypt. Although this inequality is a global phenomenon, it is more prominent and widespread across the Arab world and in Egypt. The proof lies before our own eyes everyday: your grandmother who …

Malak Maurice

Charlotta Sparre Ambassador of Sweden

Achieving gender equality – when everyone wins

By Charlotta Sparre, Ambassador of Sweden in Egypt This week, as we celebrate the United Nation’s 70th anniversary, it is an opportunity to recognise the many achievements of multilateral cooperation and the many challenges that lie ahead of us to see how we can work together to meet the newly agreed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …

Daily News Egypt

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