On International Women`s Day, NCW launches new project for women`s economic empowerment in rural Egypt
(World News Egypt)

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW), the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), the European Union (EU), the Embassy of the Netherlands, and UN Women in Egypt launched a project to eliminate violence against women and advance women’s economic empowerment in rural Egypt. The project, titled “‘Women`s Empowerment and Financial and Economic Inclusion in Rural Egypt: COVID-19 Response”, will seek to overcome obstacles to women’s financial inclusion by improving and digitizing an already existing initiative, Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) for women. The initiative focuses on providing more...