The third edition of the Egyptian Women’s Summit kicked off under the auspices of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, bringing together senior executive leaders of companies and institutions, senior government officials, private sector representatives, international organizations, high-level female leaders, and university students.
The Top 50 Women Forum, Headed by Founder & CEO Dina Abdel Fattah and Co-founder Nermine Abdel Fattah, organized this summit yesterday.
Worth mentioned that the Top 50 Women Forum is the first platform in Egypt to work exclusively on empowering female professionals to strengthen their contributions to development and decision-making processes.
Evyenia Sidereas, the deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Cairo, participated in a panel discussion themed “Global Changes and the Enabling Environment.” yesterday.
Sidereas highlighted the importance of Egyptian women in the country’s development, shedding light on advances in women’s empowerment across legislative, professional, and social spheres.
The US, through USAID, is sponsoring this event under the Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment Programme in partnership with the National Council for Women and the European Union. Through this sponsorship, USAID will offer workshop sessions on financial inclusion and women’s social empowerment during the summit.
The participants in the panel also included Rania Al-Mashat, minister of international cooperation; Hala El-Said, minister of planning and economic development; Maya Morsy, president of the National Council for Women; Nevine El-Qabbaj, minister of social solidarity; Yasmine Fouad, minister of environment; Soha Gendy, minister of immigration and expatriates affairs; Ambassador Christian Berger, head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt.
Sidereas also affirmed that it is such a pleasure to see Egyptian women in the halls of power, leading business positions, influencing decisions, and ensuring the broader needs of society are taken into account.
“Of course, that’s also a challenge for us in America. We are very proud here. Our ambassador to Egypt is a very distinguished ambassador and a woman,” according to Sidereas.
However, Sidereas noted that only 30% of ambassadors in the US are women, meaning there is a lot of work to do.
