Discussed: How Egypt took into account women’s needs during pandemic

Discussed: How Egypt took into account women’s needs during pandemic

CAIRO – 17 January 2022: Egypt is considered the first Arab state to introduce measures that take into account the needs of women during this pandemic, according to Minister of Planning Hala el-Saeed during the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum that was held last week in Sharm el-Sheikh. Among the steps taken by the state in this regard to help women was the presidential grant, to support irregular employment of both sexes in various sectors, where 47 percent of women benefited from the grant. It also included granting an employee who is pregnant or caring for a child under 12 years of age an exceptional paid leave, issuing national ID cards for needy women, facilitating access to reproductive health services for women, and protecting elderly women, and women with disabilities who need care. This is in addition to working to raise awareness and enhance data and knowledge to include women beneficiaries, educating women about alternative ways to work at home and how to use modern applications for phones, computers and the Internet. Other steps were also introducing the concept of financial inclusion and ways to use digitization, internet banking, and the use of smart wallet. Under Haya Karima