Egypt's NCW Participates in 67th Session of CSW

Egypt is participating in the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that is being held in New York, from 6 to 17 March 2023.

The sessions of CSW tackle how gender equality, empowerment, and sustainable development can be achieved in the digital era.

In her address, Maya Morsy, President of the National Council for Women, said: “Egypt perceives investing in children and girls as one of the important pillars in achieving the vision and goals of sustainable development agenda."

She continued: “The Government of Egypt sets girls' empowerment more evidently as a solid priority through adopting and implementing “The National Investment Framework for Girls in Egypt” in order to create an impact of unleashing the untapped potential of girls aged 10-24 to boost Egypt's human capital, through implementing both “Dawwie” and “Noura” Programmes: Combined through “DawwieyaNoura.”

“We are building partnerships across the national and international communities to further promote girls’ empowerment and activate their role in building a prosperous country,” she concluded.

The “Noura” Framework was launched under the leadership of the National Council for Women, in partnership with UNFPA in 2021 as a girls’ empowerment initiative, adapting a global best practice named the Girls Assets Building Framework to the Egyptian context.

The Girls Assets Building Framework: Noura, is a tailored 40-week program where girls, through a guided curriculum, are trained to build their social, health, and economic assets.

The program empowers adolescent girls by providing them with health, social, economic, and digital assets to make their own choices. It also works to create positive social and gender norms towards adolescent girls within their households and communities and strengthens systems to ensure quality and accessible services responsive to adolescent girls.