On Monday, November 27, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banque Misr, Mr. Mohamed El-Etreby, and the President of the National Council for Women, Dr. Maya Morsy, signed a cooperation protocol to empower women economically and enhance the financial inclusion of Egyptian women within the framework of Banque Misr’s pioneering role in the field of financial inclusion. The newl ...

Within the framework of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign launched by the National Council for Women, the Council organized the annual coordination meeting for units to combat vi ...

The UAE has issued a new federal law that seeks to ensure efficiency and equality in the pension system for Emiratis and provide more flexibility and benefits for pensioners, including working mothers. The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) said on Friday that under the new law, “insured women who are married, divorced or widowed may request retirement pension, w ...

The National Council for Women organized a 2-day training course on “Gender Equality, targeting female workers at EMCO Tourism Company, within the framework of the project “Supporting the creation of a safe work environment for women in the tourism sector in Egypt” implemented by the Council in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Spani ...

Yesterday, the Working Women’s Secretariat, headed by Aida Mohi El-Din, held its first meeting at the headquarters of the General Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions in the presence of the women’s association of the general unions to establish the formation of a secretarial office, to develop a long-term work plan and a short-term plan to implement it within the association. ...

The Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church, which discussed several controversial issues such as women serving in administrative positions in the church, has ended, according to the Italian ANSA agency. The agency noted that the meeting held periodically and brings together 300 bishops and dozens of Catholics, stressed that it is “necessary” to ensure ...

Through the Antiquities Museum and the Zahi Hawass Center for Egyptology, affiliated with the Cultural Communication Sector, the Library of Alexandria is organizing today a lecture entitled “Women’s Rights in Ancient Egypt”. The lecture addresses the relationship between the members of the ancient Egyptian nation, men and women, and how they were in an interconne ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has recently launched the Qodwa-Tech, which aims to contribute to the social and economic empowerment of girls and women in the governorates of Egypt, especially remote and marginalized areas, using information and communications technology to motivate them towards entrepreneurship. During October, several ...

Head of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, Hassan Shehata, said that the Ministry of Labor, as part of the Egyptian state, believes in the role of women in development, and therefore, the Ministry is keen to implement the policy of integrating women into the labor market by making them aware of their rights and duties within the work and production sites. In addition ...

The National Council for Persons with Disabilities, in the presence of Dr. Iman Karim, launched the activities of the educational training program on positive political participation for girls and women with disabilities as part of the Council’s initiative “Your Voice, Your Right” to urge people with disabilities and their families to participate positively in the 2024 pre ...