A Brief Introduction
Skills Development has become a prominent concept that practitioners, policy makers and researchers address with great interest. Our world is witnessing rapid changes, and technological advancement that affect the modes of production and accordingly the needs of labor market. Skills development is considered one of the major keys for creating the labor force with the adequate skills needed in the labor market. Our site focuses on skills development in Egypt from a gender dimension. It examines the current situation of Egyptian women in education, labor market and training, highlighting the efforts undertaken in order to improve the capabilities of women in the Egyptian labor market. We also address a number of important issues including the role of Public Sector and Government, Private Sector and NGO’s in offering training and skills development programs, also the  skills standardization efforts in Egypt for the different sectors.