1 - 20 of 165 Results
Date:
The National Council for Women (NCW) in partnership with UN Women Egypt organized a field visit to Assiut under the National Financial Inclusion Programme “Ta7wisha” within NCW’s official visit to Assiut yesterday, in the presence of H.E. Dr. Maya Morsy; President of the National Council for Women, H.E. Major General Essam Saad; Assiut Governor; Parliamentarian Sanaa El-Said, Member of the National Council for Women; Ms. Christine Arab; UN Women Country Representative; Ms. Frederika Meijer, UNFPA Country Representative and Mr. Amr Soliman, Member of the National Council for Women.
Date:
Walaa had a secure life with her husband and three children. Her husband was a full-time employee who was well-paid in a private company. Unfortunately, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, his company had to downsize, and he did not make the cut. Left without a stable source of income, Walaa jumped at the opportunity when she heard about the programme.
Date:
Faten is a tenacious businesswoman who has reinvented her own businesses in her rural village many times, never losing hope. She says joining the programme provided her with the right support at the right time.
Date:
Hala is a divorced woman who has defied hardship and has broken all stereotypes for women in her rural village. Despite years in an unhappy marriage with no intimate dialogue with her spouse, Hala supported her husband when he fell ill, caring for him for two years while working and providing for their two sons, aged 9 and 11. However, when the tables turned and Hala took a bad fall that left her in recovery for more than a year and cost her an eye, her husband left, and she asked for a divorce. A few months before her accident, she had joined the programme and once she was healed, she set up her own shop.
Date:
Like many women in her village, Asmaa spent most of her time doing housework, then waiting for her two children and her husband to return home. And, like many women in impoverished rural areas, her family had few finances.
Date:
Amal, a mother of three in a remote village in Minya, had resorted to borrowing from neighbours after her husband lost his only source of income. That is when Amal decided to join the programme which she heard about from a neighbour.
Date:
The National Council for Women (NCW), represented by the Women’s Complaints Office (WCO), in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry at Al-Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University and in collaboration with UN Women Egypt and the European Union Delegation to Egypt, launched the first specialized professional training programme for psychosocial support and case management for service providers.
Date:
Amal, a mother of three in a remote village in Minya, had resorted to borrowing from neighbours after her husband lost his only source of income. That is when Amal decided to join the programme which she heard about from a neighbour.
Date:
Sabrine, who holds an intermediate level of education, used to live in poverty with her husband and four children, never imagining that one day she would own a business that would expand to all the villages of Minya. An active learner and entrepreneur by nature, Sabrine cloned the in-person sales training and logistics she learned through the programme, recruiting saleswomen to sell products in nearby villages by bus and ensuring safe transportation for them all.
Date:
My husband is my biggest supporter. He never leaves my side and is helping me so that I can grow my business into something big. I know the financial burden that my husband is carrying in supporting our big family of eight people to look after, so I have never asked him for any money for myself. Actually, I have never asked anyone else for money.
Date:
Nora defied all stereotypes of women in her rural village. Besides being one of the few divorced women in her village, she decided she wanted to be the first woman to drive a motor tricycle in her village. She was able to do that thanks to the confidence and skills she gained through the programme.
Date:
Bassant Mereika founded and is the CEO of MW-N company, which is provides contracting services to design, supply, install, operate, and maintain top quality Egyptian water alternative resources systems in buildings and landscape. Bassant Mereika’s project aims at raising awareness about rationalizing water consumption.
Bassant is one of the women entrepreneurs who participated in the trainings and services provided by the UN Women/UNIDO Joint Programme “Rabeha” which means “She Wins” in Arabic. This programme is implemented in partnership with the National Council for Women, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency Microscopy (MSMEDA), with the generous support of the Government of Canada.
Date:
As most mothers in her rural village Nora was extremely conservative and always abided by the traditions she grew up with. This, of course, affected the way she raised her two daughters, putting many more restrictions on them than her two sons. However, joining the programme, was an eye-opening experience that changed her mindset.
Date:
Although Mervat was living a quiet life with her husband and three children in her rural village, something was pressing hard on her own mind and heart. Seeing her siblings – mostly men – better off, she always dreamed of working and establishing her own business, to support her husband and have a better life. She was looking for her own identity, apart from being a mother and a married woman.
Date:
As a young girl living in a rural village, Amina’s life path had been laid out for her. But she had another vision of the life she wanted to lead. She decided to pursue her college education and even start her own business, which led her to the programme. “I’m a very persistent girl and I care less about what people say as long as I’m on the right track.
Date:
Throughout Minya’s villages, few girls go to college or even finish high school as their families do not prioritize their education when facing financial difficulties. But Fatima had big dreams for her future and was determined to complete her education and provide for herself. “Some of my family members would advise my father that as a girl, it’s more than enough for me to complete my middle school education without enrolling in high school. But I was determined to not only earn my high school diploma, but my bachelor’s degree as well.
Date:
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’, which is implemented in partnership with the National Council for Women (NCW), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), with the generous support of the Government of Canada.
Date:
The converging global crises of climate change, increasing costs of living, food insecurity and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to reverse the gains achieved under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director, recently stated We are at a “tipping point for women’s rights and gender equality as we approach the half-way mark to 2030.”
Date:
UN Women Egypt has joined Vodafone Egypt, and several private and public entities and organizations in Egypt in launching the Egyptian Gender Alliance (EGA) to enhance women's leadership in the workplace, in the presence of H.E. Ambassador Soha Gendi, Minister of Emigration and Expatriates' Affairs. The alliance aims at emphasizing the significant role that women play in developing communities while providing the necessary support women need across all sectors.
Date:
Ms. Mai Hassan, an electrical engineer with a master’s degree in engineering, works as a researcher at Helwan University. Mai started her project known as “Hallet Wasl”- which means “cooking a dish to connect. Mai discovered her passion for cooking and, upon realizing that she was uncomfortable with public speaking, started using cooking as an alternative way of communication for introverts to help them express their feelings.