The National Council for Women participated in the activities of the first regional meeting to exchange experiences and enhance Arab regional cooperation in the field of women’s issues, organized by the Arab Women Organization in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and includes representatives of national mechanisms concerned with women in the member states of the organization to discuss and exchange experiences on efforts to enhance women’s gains in their countries and the tasks undertaken by national mechanisms and their efforts to support the rights of women and girls in all fields. It will be held in Cairo from September 23 to 25, 2024.
Ambassador Mona Omar, a member of the Council, delivered a speech during the session “National Presentations on the Efforts of National Mechanisms in Promoting Women’s Gains Over the Past Five Years,” during which she stressed that the National Council for Women is the national mechanism concerned with empowering women in all governorates of Egypt.
She pointed to its efforts in the axes of the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030, and in the national project for the development of the Egyptian family, including financial inclusion programs, workshops and production units, financial education, and entrepreneurship. She explained that the Council has succeeded in providing thousands of job opportunities, referring to the “Tahweesha” application within the framework of the digital transformation of the savings process in partnership with the Central Bank.
She also spoke about the Noura Initiative for Girls, which comes within the national framework for investing in girls under the patronage of Mrs. Intisar El-Sisi, and stressed the importance of the axis of awareness and education for Egyptian women, which is one of the most important axes for their important and influential role in society, such as the programs of roundtable sessions, family guidance, and balanced upbringing.
Ambassador Mona Omar also spoke about the door-to-door campaigns launched by the Council in all governorates of the Republic, which aim to reach Egyptian women to correct social and religious misconceptions related to women.
She also referred to the Council’s contribution to medical convoys across the Republic and its participation in awareness seminars in the field of public and reproductive health and prevention of infectious diseases.
It is worth noting that the meeting aims to introduce the vision of the Arab Women Organization and its work directions, and the horizon of enhancing cooperation between it and those national mechanisms that are the organization’s first strategic partner in carrying out its mission of empowering women and girls in the Arab region.
