Latest in Tag: UN Women Highlight
Latest in Tag: UN Women
FRA, UN Women Egypt organise seminars on gender equality, enhancing work environment
The seminars included the participation of Hisham Ramadan, Assistant Chairperson of the FRA; and Gielan Al-Messiri, Deputy Country Representative for UN Women Egypt.
Egyptâs FRA signs agreement with UN Women to promote gender equality
The letter of agreement was signed by Mohamed Omran â the Chairperson of the FRA â and Christine Arab â UN Women Egyptâs Country Representative â in the presence of their teams and the leaders of the authority.
UN Women concludes 8-year programme for combating violence against women in Egypt
UN Womenâs programme has worked with essential service providers nationally and locally in supporting survivor-centred approach, says Country Representative Christine Arab
UN Women Egypt commends Penal Code amendments imposing harsher punishments for sexual harassment
UN Women Egypt has commended the Egyptian parliamentâs approval of amendments advancing more legal rights for Egyptian women who have suffered from sexual harassment. Through the amendment to the Penal Code, sexual harassment is now classed as a felony, and increases the penalty for this to a minimum of two years imprisonment instead of six …
Egypt, UN Women discuss joint cooperation to streamline womenâs empowerment efforts
The discussions also sought to lay down future areas of cooperation to enhance and support Egyptâs efforts in empowering women across various fields.
Egypt’s GDP to grow by 34% if women get equal chance with men at work: Amin
Female entrepreneurs in Egypt estimated at 7.5%, says UN Women representative
WFP, UN Women cooperating to shrink online knowledge gap on gender, food security
âArticles related to women represent only 4.2% of all articles on Arabic Wikipedia, compared to 15% on global website,â says El-Messiri
Our priority is to empower women: UN Women regional director Naciri
Mohamed Naciri, regional director of UN WomenâArab states/North Africa, said that one of the UNâs priorities and roles is to support member states, civil society, and women and girls, specifically to empower women, including the pursuit of a world in which women and girls live without violence. This came during the ceremony that was organised …
Women empowerment occurs when gender issues are placed within context of development: UN Women
This is the state we need to get to if we are to be serious about gender equality, says Miwa Kato
Aman initiative aims to start a national anti-harassment movement
With every news report, the number of incidents of sexual harassment in Egypt rapidly increases. Despite the continuous efforts of effective initiatives and official actions, the numbers have increased notably over the past decade, putting Egypt at the forefront of discrimination against women. Mosawah organisation for training and counselling recently announced the launch of its …
UN, USAID launch Womenâs Employment Promotion to advance female-friendly workplace
The project marks a bid to increase awareness on gender equality and womenâs empowerment principles by supporting six agribusiness firms in Upper Egypt.
Egypt, Japan collaborate together to improve gender inequality issues
A joint forum between Egypt and Japan discussed their partnership for advancement of womenâs political, economic growth
UN Women, EU Commission launch âKhadijaâ network for womenâs economic empowerment
âWe want Arab governments to specify 25% quota for womenâs businesses,â says UN Regional Director
UN Women provide 5m jobs for Egyptian women
4,000 small-sized businesses to be provided for low-income women at cost of EGP 18m in 250 villages, says SFD Secretary General
Celebrating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
95% of women between 18-28 suffered from verbal, physical harassment in the street, 52% think the way theyâre dressed is reason
UN Women expresses concern about violence against women in Egypt
The statement stresses the importance of the inclusion of women in the political life in Egypt to achieve an âinclusive democracyâ
Moving forward to end violence against women
By Lakshmi Puri Last year, as rebels captured the main towns in Northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase of rapes in the first week of the takeover of Gao and Kidal, places where most women never report this kind of violence to anyone, not even health practitioners. We heard stories of …
âWhat do women have to do with politics?â
Maybe it is necessary for us to have a culture revolution. Maybe the women of this country should revolt. Maybe it is time for us to rise up to meet our oppressors.