The American Ambassador praises Egyptian efforts in supporting women’s empowerment issues

The United States Ambassador to Egypt, Hero Mustafa Garg, expressed her appreciation for the efforts made by Egypt in supporting women’s empowerment issues and supporting the political will for this file. She also expressed her happiness with the strong partnership with Egypt, stressing the United States’ support for these efforts and strengthening cooperation with Egypt in In this regard.

This came during the visit of the American Ambassador to the National Council for Women with the aim of learning about Egypt’s efforts in the field of women’s empowerment and to discuss ways of cooperation between the two sides in this regard.

For her part, the President of the National Council, Dr. Maya Morsi, welcomed Ambassador Hero Mostafa on her first visit to the Council after assuming the position, praising the effective partnership between the two countries in empowering women across all sectors, looking forward to More cooperation during the coming period.

Maya Morsi confirmed that the tremendous success achieved in the issue of women’s empowerment in Egypt during the past years is due to the strong and direct support and support of the political will for this. File.

She reviewed the structure and composition of the Council, its work mechanisms and powers, and the law regulating its work, referring to the national project for Egyptian family development launched by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in February 2022, to improve the quality of life. The citizen, through which integration, cooperation and coordination take place between many ministries and concerned parties to implement its programs, and its goals are based on reducing population growth rates, and thus citizens feel the return of the projects that the state implements.

< p>She noted the efforts of the National Council for Women, in light of the National Project for Egyptian Family Development, to support the economic and social empowerment of Egyptian women through many programs and initiatives, such as the financial inclusion program for women, digital savings and lending groups for women in villages in various governorates, the financial education program, and entrepreneurship, And family guidance and balanced upbringing.

She pointed to the role of the Women’s Skills Development Center in the Council, which works to train women in villages and centers in various governorates of the Republic on craft products.

She said that the council has approximately 50 operators and production units in the governorates, and is working to market women’s products by helping them participate in the exhibitions that are organized, adding that the council is also working to train many Of expatriate women to Egypt from various neighboring countries through the council’s workshops to help them learn a craft to create a small or very small project that will provide them with an income that improves the standard of living of themselves and their families.

She explained Dr. Maya Morsi said that a pilot model was also completed to create the first collective brand for women, “Al-Talli Shandawil.” In Sohag Governorate, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), we are studying intellectual property protection for traditional crafts in Sinai and Siwa.

She reviewed Egypt’s efforts in the field of combating violence against women, which comes from Among them are Egypt’s efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation by increasing the penalty for female genital mutilation and deterrent penalties, up to aggravated imprisonment, for those who perpetrate this crime, as well as confronting cyber violence and violence resulting from the use of technological means, which represent a global crime that women face, not only in Egypt but throughout the world, which hinders participation in Women in public life and their access to leadership positions.

She referred to the “Noura” program Which comes within the “National Framework for Investment in Girls” Under the patronage of Mrs. Intisar Al-Sisi, wife of the President of the Republic, pointing out that the Noura Program is currently training eight thousand “Noura” In 18 villages in Sohag and Assiut governorates, more than 1,000 “Norah” students were graduated last month. We have completed the 40-week journey, and we dream of reaching the first million “lights.” In all governorates of Egypt, saying: We are also working to integrate the girls’ families into the program to change minds. The Egyptian woman and the ideal mother 2024" Establishing the Egyptian Women’s Museum to preserve the heritage of Egyptian women and document the development of women’s empowerment throughout ancient and modern times.

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