Women's Economic and Social Empowerment

(Egypt): USAID/Egypt will support the Government of Egypt in implementing policies, strategies, and laws strengthening gender workplace equality and women's economic empowerment. Through this activity USAID will address barriers to education, economic, and employment opportunities, including public perceptions of all forms of violence against women. Moreover, it will advance the social empowerment of Egyptian women, promote their economic and financial inclusion by strengthening the legal, economic, and social enabling environment and increase economic opportunities at the individual, household, and community levels. This activity will improve the work environment for women in Egypt as it will seek out partnerships with the Egyptian private sector in fields that are not traditionally common for women's participation. Finally, USAID aims to empower marginalized women and increase their economic opportunities by enhancing their access to financial services, products, financing (credit, equity, etc.) and non-financial services (markets, information, mentorship, technology, etc.).

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72026322CA00005 (2022). The source's own text.