UNICEF, USAID celebrate outcomes of ‘Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Girls in Egypt’ programme – Egypt Today

UNICEF, USAID celebrate outcomes of ‘Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Girls in Egypt’ programme – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 13 December 2022: UNICEF and USAID celebrated Tuesday the key milestones achieved over the course of the ‘Creating an Enabling Environment for Adolescent Girls in Egypt’ programme since its launching in December 2017.

The joint programme was designed to address both individual and community factors to reduce gender disparities, enhance girls social and economic standing, and contribute to the national efforts aimed at reducing the rate of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt. It also aimed to equip thousands of adolescent girls and boys with key life skills to bring about positive change. It also opened greater social and economic opportunities for girls.

USAID and UNICEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), NGOs, and development partners, supported the implementation of “Meshwary” programme for youth’s empowerment. Meshwary skilled more than 570,000 adolescents and young people from 2018 to 2022. “Maharty… Lyaqty” (My Skill, my fitness) programme that uses sports to promote gender equality engaged a total of more than 15,000 adolescent girls in 9 governorates. 7,300 adolescents and youth were trained on design thinking and participation in climate change action within the ‘Youth Challenge’ initiative which is a global initiative that supports young people to realize their