Egypt Becomes First MENA Country to Launch Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator with WEF

Egypt Becomes First MENA Country to Launch Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator with WEF

In a statement, Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said that the partnership enables Egypt to use the forum's global presence to tell development stories, promote the empowerment of women, and exchange ideas with international partners. Yet the real reason to celebrate is that we all got together; the Government of #Egypt, Private Sector, CSOs & the International Community to unleash the economic potential of women through "Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator" with the @wef, @ncwegypt & more than 100 companies. pic. twitter. com/4g8Rh832aX She said that Egypt is the first country in Africa and the MENA region to launch the Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator. The initiative will focus on achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerned with gender equality to enhance women's economic empowerment. It will reduce the gender gap in the labor market and change stereotypes surrounding women. The ministry has dedicated $82 million for about 13 projects to achieve the SDGs associated with the empowerment of women. The dedicated SDGs fund will also spend $3. 3 billion implementing 34 projects to close the gender gap in various sectors such as education and health. Al-Mashat said that the launch of the bridging the gender gap incentive