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Latest in Tag: women

UN marks advent of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
Celebrating the day, 11 UN entities released a joint press statement kicking off the UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls Campaign in which they noted that an estimated one in three women experience gender-based violence during their lifetime.

Egypt celebrates International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
“This emanates from a conscious and enlightened political will that respects and appreciates women and believes in their protection and empowerment; it is a national duty and a fundamental human right,” he added

“Beauty for Better Life” programme supports women subject to gender-based violence
The programme was conducted on the sidelines of another programme, “Development of Women’s Hosting and Guidance Centers”, launched by L’Oreal Egypt in cooperation with Sawiris Foundation for Social Development and Care Egypt, under the patronage of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, to empower women on social and economic levels.

10.7 million Egyptian women receive social insurance, pensions: Social Solidarity Minister
Pensions have increased 50% over past three years, says El-Kabbaj

Women bear brunt of negative repercussions of climate change: USAID
She added that, therefore, the need to hear the voice of women and women in leadership positions should be emphasised when it comes to climate action.

KOICA, NCW hold ‘Empower Women, Prosper Together’ seminar
The knowledge sharing seminar is a gathering for policy-oriented discourse where government policy makers and practitioners share their first-hand knowledge and experiences from the front of their administration.

Egyptian women got their rights under President Al-Sisi: Nelly Karim
Only male viewers criticised ‘Faten Amal Harbi’ series

Women in science receive less credit for their contributions
First study to use new dataset to show gender differences in scientific attribution

WFP in partnership with Seven Circles to publish first-of-its-kind cookbook to empower women in Egypt
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) and Seven Circles Consultancy’s ‘Empowering Through Initiative’ partnered up to publish the ‘Empowering Women through Cooking’ (EWC) cookbook in Egypt. EWCEgypt features the recipes of 54 women from a variety of nationalities and religious and socio-economic backgrounds, who are currently living in the country. The recipes are accompanied by stories of empowerment, insights …

Women of Egypt promotes flexible work for the sake of empowerment in labour market
The campaign aims to raise the awareness of business owners and companies about the importance of applying both concepts to empower women and to offer them equal work opportunities.

Stereotypical portrayal of women lessens in 2022 Ramadan TV series: NCW
The Council stated that it had monitored different series, shows, and advertisements on TV, radio, newspapers, and websites during Ramadan, stressing that the makers of TV and radio works abided by the Council’s recommendations in this regard.

FRA adopts UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
With this step, the FRA becomes the first regulatory body to sign this Declaration after being endorsed by more than 2,600 companies and bodies worldwide.

National Training Academy launches first training programme of its kind for Egyptian women abroad
The programme offers training packages for Egyptian women abroad to qualify them for leadership and management roles and informs them of all the developments of the Egyptian state.

Women crucial to achieving comprehensive development in Egypt: Social Solidarity Minister
She added that they also occupy leadership positions in all fields, and that the Ministry of Social Solidarity is working to enhance their economic empowerment by providing job opportunities, closing the gender wage gap, and establishing projects that contribute to achieving Egypt’s 2030 goals, vision, and strategy for sustainable development.

Egyptian women helped the economic reform programme succeed: Al-Sisi
His remarks came in a speech he gave at a celebration honouring Egyptian women on Wednesday.

EGP 11.1bn allocated to funding women’s projects in Egypt over 7 years: Trade Minister
Political leadership is directing all support to raise economic, social levels of Egyptian women

NCW presents ‘Egypt’s Global Perspective: Women, Environment, & Climate Change’ on CSW66
‘Decent Life’ dedicates EGP 800bn to 58 million citizens, 50% of whom are women: Maya Morsi

47% of National Training Academy’s employees are women: Director
Women make up nearly 52% of total graduates, trainees in academy

21 million women examined within “100 Million Health” initiative
Egypt launches initiative for early detection of diseases transmitted from mother to fetus

Violence against women threatens development after COVID-19 crisis: Elena Panova
“Ending this behaviour requires that everyone works jointly to confront and address this problem. It cannot be achieved by the government alone, by civil society alone, or by international development partners alone. It is our shared responsibility, and we all have a role to play,” said Panova.

Egypt chairs African Peace and Security Council session on women
The meeting addressed the issue of women and their role in peace and security, and the progress made in the agenda of women on the African continent and their role in maintaining peace and security.

CBE’s decision to increase women representation on bank boards is highly praised
Decision comes within permanent efforts of CBE to empower women economically, show confidence in their abilities: Maya Morsi

All societies suffer violence, perpetrators are not mentally ill: American expert
Statistically, men are more violent than women, but this does not prevent women from committing violence as well: Clarissa Humphreys

Women find it more difficult to quit smoking than men: Study
Nicotine dependence scale was used to classify participants as having mild, moderate, or severe dependence

Egypt launches 3rd Women Leaders Qualification Program
Programme prepares women to aspire to leadership responsibilities in political life, state’s administrative apparatus, says Hala El-Said

Opinion| A global model to tackle violence against women
In the early months of the pandemic, the United Nations (UN) projected that quarantines and lockdowns could lead to a shocking 15 million additional cases of gender-based violence every three months. Sadly, those predictions appear to be coming true.

Egypt finances 644k small, micro enterprises for women in 7 years
Egypt’s MSMEDA signs MoU with Arab Women Investors Union to support women’s projects

Opinion| Historic decisions to empower women in Egypt
This will achieve full equality between men and women in assuming positions at all judicial bodies, so that there would be no need to file lawsuits to reach this equality.

Auset: Young Egyptian sets up Instagram account to empower fellow women
Page aims to empower women and shed light on problems of gender inequality, by breaking stereotypes

Egypt, UN Women discuss joint cooperation to streamline women’s empowerment efforts
The discussions also sought to lay down future areas of cooperation to enhance and support Egypt’s efforts in empowering women across various fields.