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Women’s rights then and now: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action served as a cornerstone and roadmap for implementing our efforts to empower women worldwide
Interview with Ambassador Mervat Tallawy from Egypt on attending the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and how the Beijing Platform for Action remains relevant today. Learn more
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In the words of Nancy Mohamed: "Legal work is not just about defending rights, but it is also about regaining hope and rebuilding lives"
Nancy Mohamed, an internal lawyer at the Women’s Complaints office, who has spent over eight years supporting women facing different forms of violence and discrimination. Learn more
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Designing a Gender Sensitive Mentorship Programme for the Workplace

This guidebook aims to build the private sector’s capacity to be able to design and implement tailored mentorship programmes that ensure the equitable career progression of women workers.

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Showcasing Results through ‘Voices from the Field’

This publication showcases the main results achieved in Egypt as part of the regional joint programme “Promoting Productive Employment and Decent work for Women in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine” through voices from the field. This publication also highlights a number of actions that were carried out in Egypt to advance women’s access to decent work from 2019-2024.

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