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Under the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2023-2027), this business case highlights UN Women Egypt Country Office (ECO) on-going contributions and emerging partnerships to accelerate Egypt’s climate action by increasing the access of a diverse range of women to decent employment in agriculture, renewable energy, and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)- related sectors.
By absorbing more than 52% of young people at the secondary level (43% of which are females), technical secondary education represents the larger part of the Egyptian educational system. Despite this, statistics on labour force participation for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates show a high rate of unemployment with 46.4% outside the labour force (18.7% men and 81.5% women).
This brochure sheds light on the main objective of the five-year Joint Programme entitled “Women’s Economic Empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Egypt- also known as “Rabeha”.
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Israa Gamal Mohie El-Din, graduated from the Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, in 2015. She currently works as a freelance marketing consultant to different companies and was part of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) team at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Mohie El-Din took part in the ICT training provided under the UN Women/UNIDO Egypt Joint Programme ‘Rabeha’. Read more>>
Mervat always dreamed of working and establishing her own business to support her husband and create a better life for herself and her family. Joining the “Stimulating Equal Opportunities” programme, Mervat, along with two other trainees, started their own business where they rented out a small shop and started selling everything a woman may need. Read more>>
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