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 Ministry of Labor launched the “Convoys for the Protection and Empowerment of Women and Gender Equality in Work and Production Sites” initiative, which was initiated in Port Said Governorate. Dr. Sherine Abdel Hay, Director General of the Ministry’s General Department of Women and Children Affairs, said on Saturday that this “initiative” comes within the ...

Egypt recently enacted new amendments to laws that toughen the penalty for sexual harassment and bullying, a much-awaited move in a country whose capital, Cairo, was ranked “the world’s most dangerous city for women”. The Egyptian parliament approved new government-drafted amendments to the penal code, hardening penalties for sexual harassment ...

According to Dr. Maya Morsi, President of the National Council for Women in Egypt, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states’ commitment to improving women’s status, protecting them, and empowering them during peacetime and times of war and conflict is reaffirmed by the International Conference on Women in Islam. Her statements came during her o ...

More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, recording a 50% increase since 2017. Meanwhile, countries are instead increasing military spending, which topped USD 2.2 trillion in 2022, according to the newly- issued annual UN Secretary-General report on women, peace, and security. “These negative trends are setting back both gend ...

The National Council for Women continues its efforts within the financial education program as a new phase of the program begins. That new phase targets 28,000 women across 22 governorates by implementing 800 training within the framework of the national project for Egyptian family development, currently being implemented in the villages of Decent Life. The program aim ...

Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, President of the National Planning Institute, held an expanded meeting with the guests to discuss preparations for the Women’s Conference, scheduled to take place in cooperation between the three parties, on December 9 and 10, under the title “Empowering Women for Effective Participation in Development,” at the headquarters of the National Planning Ins ...

The head of the National Council for Women, Dr. Maya Morsi, met with the Director of Human Development for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, Dr. Fadia Saada, who is currently visiting Egypt for the first time after assuming her new position to discuss ways of cooperation between the Council and the World Bank in the areas of economic empowerment and financial i ...

According to the country’s planning minister, despite government efforts to slow population growth, Egypt’s population has grown by 25 million during the past ten years. At the beginning of the Global Congress on Population, Health, and Development, which is taking place in Cairo, Hala El Said made the remarks. She claimed that the country’s ...

President of the National Council for Women, Dr. Maya Morsi, recently received Ambassador Peter Mollema, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Cairo, to talk over new methods of cooperation between the two sides. Dr. Morsi spoke about Egypt’s efforts in the issue of empowering Egyptian women and reviewed several initiatives, programs, and projects in which the Council coo ...