UN Women commends Egypt’s gender perspective in COVID-19 response plan – Egypttoday

UN Women commends Egypt’s gender perspective in COVID-19 response plan – Egypttoday

The measures reinforce the NCW's commitment to provide evidence-based policy advice to ensure that gender perspectives are properly addressed in Egypt's COVID-19 response plans.. UN Women is appreciative of the partnership with the Government of Egypt in its efforts to ensure that the COVID-19 response is more effective for everyone, including for women and girls.. UN Women appreciates the gender-sensitive approach taken by the Government of Egypt in its response to COVID-19 and will continue to support national efforts to carry out additional measures in line with its responsibilities, which include advancing women's rights during such difficult times.. Recognizing that, the Egyptian government started to take stringent procedures and measures to contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19 according to the pace of its spread, while considering all segments needs and women in specific during the execution of those measures.. Since the National Council for Women is the national machinery concerned with proposing the government public policy on women's development pursuant to Law No. 30 of 2018, NCW has prepared a policy paper regarding Egypt's rapid response to women's situation during COVID-19 outbreak, which includes an analysis of the status quo.. Also response measures can be adopted to provide psychosocial,