Egypt executes 34 projects worth $3.3 bln to tackle gender inequality: Minister

  • Date: 09-Aug-2020
  • Source: Ahram
  • Sector:Real Estate
  • Country:Egypt
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Egypt executes 34 projects worth $3.3 bln to tackle gender inequality: Minister

Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat has revealed that Egypt is executing 34 projects, worth $3.3 billion, that tackle the gender equality issue and aim to help women engage more in the Egyptian economy.

The top targeted sectors through these projects are health, education, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), constituting 20 percent, 14 percent, and 15 percent respectively. They represent direct investments in building human capital, where women are among the main beneficiaries, Al-Mashat said in a statement.

The minister added that the Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator, which the ministry launched in July in order to deal with gender inequality, saw the participation of over 80 participants from the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), USAID,