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A Brief Introduction

This site aims to facilitate the flow of information on "Economic Participation of Women" among researchers, policy makers and practitioners. The site acts as a portal providing recent publications, articles as well as information regarding the participation of women. It also aims at the acquisition, standardization and updating of data obtained from a variety of sources to structure them into a user friendly navigation form of information. It also includes useful links to organizations dealing with women issues.

   
 

Publications on Egypt

 
From the SRC Working Papers Series:
Report of Field Survey on
Skills Requirements of the Egyptian Labor Market: A gender perspective (Manufacturing Sector)

 
Egypt Human Development Report 2005 (UNDP Egypt)

Previous Versions are also available (1998/99 - 2000/01 - 2002/03 - 2004)

 

Poverty, Employment and Policy-Making in Egypt: A Country Profile (ILO Report)

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Governorates Human Development Report 2002-2003

Related Resource Sites

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Two new sites have been developed in collaboration with UNIFEM in order to study the impact of globalization on women
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Globalization and its impact on Women in Egypt
 

Macro-Economics and its impact on Women in Egypt
 

Engendering Economic Governance

Also with the GTZ (Mubarak/ Kohl Initiative)
 

Skills Development

A new sub-site to highlight key issues concerning skills development. This part will be developed in collaboration with GTZ (Mubarak/ Kohl Initiative)

 
   

Projects Database UPDATED The Projects Database has been recently updated to include the new projects carried out by different national and international stakeholders targeting enhancing women economic participation.   May 2007

In figures, by the World Bank The Status and Progress of Women in the Middle East and North Africa   June 2006

By the World Bank Roundtable on the Role of Women in the Development of the Private Sector of the Middle East and North Africa Region  Feb 2006

ILO: A Special Coverage of the Increasing Female Share in Non-Agricultural Wage Employment          
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ILO Report on Global Employment Trends 2007 New!!

ILO Gender Issues and Women at Work
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

UNDP Arab Human Development Report 2005: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World
UNIFEM Annual Report 2004/5
UNIFEFM Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty

UNIFEM Economic Security in the Arab World
UNIFEM Women, Poverty and Economics

 



 
 

This section is dedicated to the news of the National Council for Women

 

NCW Celebrates Egyptian Women's Day  
15th March 2007


Celebrating the Egyptian Women's Day; NCW President Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak chairs the NCW conference on "Egyptian Women: Towards effective participation in the political life".

Dr. Ahmed Nazif the prime minister addresses mainstreaming the gender component in the five years national development plan

 
 

Programs and Projects for the Economic Empowerment of Women

 

Conference on Enhancing Women's Participation through Special Measures in the Arab Region, in collaboration with UNDP and UNIFEM

 

NCW Sixth Conference “Women Economic Empowerment: Path towards Poverty Reduction”

 
 

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