Egypt at the Crossroads II ‘New Women For New Egypt ’ is organized by the Egyptian Youth Federation and supported by the German Development Cooperation via the GIZ’s Employment Promotion Program. Excerpt from GTZ website:
The Arab Human Development Report 2002 points to the social, economic and political exclusion of women as one of the three core deficits of Arab societies. Despite the considerable progress in women's status in Egypt, discriminatory legal provisions are still for the most part an everyday reality. Local practices and traditions are based on patriarchal values and severely limit the social, political and economic participation of women. During the last two decades, Egyptian civil society has played an important role in efforts to achieve the legal equality and equal treatment of women. The results and effectiveness of civil society initiatives are greatly hampered by rivalry, competition for donor funding and the lack of cooperation, however.
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