The National Council for Women recently held a meeting with a number of officials from the Dutch Embassy in Cairo and the UN Women, within the framework of the National Family Development Project and the Presidential Initiative for a Decent Life, and within the Digital Savings and Loan Groups Project.
The meeting aimed to present the progress made in the digital savings and lending groups project “Tahwisha”, which the Council is implementing in cooperation with the Central Bank and several development partners.
During the meeting, the financial facilitators of the project highlighted the impact of the project on women in digital savings and lending groups in their villages and the extent of the economic and social benefits that these women gained through supporting them with various training within the groups.
The facilitators presented examples of women in the groups who had actually started working on small projects and green projects, such as rooftop farming, sprouted barley cultivation, and other environmentally friendly projects.
The meeting was attended by Eng. Amr Soliman, member of the National Council for Women; Inji Al-Yamani, National Director of the Financial Inclusion Program and Coordinator of the National Project for Egyptian Family Development in the Council; Yasmine Ali, Coordinator of the Savings and Loan Groups Project; Ahmed Gharib, Supervisor of Beheira Governorate; Hanan Helal, Supervisor of Assiut Governorate; and a number of financial facilitators of the project.
