NCW Sixth Conference “Women
Economic Empowerment : Path towards Poverty Reduction” 16 /
March / 2006
The branches and grassroots of the National Council for Women
have all simultaneously launched the NCW Sixth Conference “Women
Economic Empowerment: Path towards Poverty Reduction”
The Main objective of the conference was to formulate a
comprehensive strategy to engender local plans and policies that
aim at poverty reduction in all governorates as well as
constructing action plans that enhance the female economic
participation at the governorate level.
The conference discussed three major themes, the first theme
focused on the current situation in each governorate (the
economic profile of the governorate, the current and past
experiences regarding poverty reduction in the governorate). The
second theme discussed the suggested policies of poverty
reduction. The third theme highlighted the institutional support
needed to enhance and encourage the female economic empowerment,
this comprises the role of the different stakeholders : the
government, the banking sector, the private sector and NGOs.
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