IFC Launches New Program to Help Boost Women’s Employment in Egypt

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is launching a new advisory program to improve women’s employment opportunities in Egypt, by highlighting how private sector companies can tap into the country’s large, underutilized female talent pool and spur economic growth. This is a critical initiative. According to the National Council for Women, the COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious threat to women’s engagement in economic activities in Egypt. The three-year program will help create family-friendly, flexible workplaces to make Egyptian businesses more resilient, agile and inclusive, especially in times of…

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Environmental Standards For Diving And Snorkelling In Egypt Now Available Nationwide

The Reef-World Foundation and Chamber of Diving & Watersports (CDWS) are pleased to announce Green Fins – a UN Environment Programme initiative which provides the world’s only internationally recognised standards for diving and snorkelling – has now been expanded to be available to all dive and snorkel operators nationwide across Egypt. Green Fins was piloted in South Sinai Governorate in September 2019 and has now been expanded nationwide, following a week-long training for six new Green Fins Assessors in Red Sea Governorate (23 to 29 February 2020). Through the implementation…

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UK students to write poems to protest Egyptian government’s human rights abuses

Amnesty International UK has today launched an innovative poetry and human rights education project, Words That Burn, that will connect students with individuals from around the world who are suffering human rights abuses and help young people discover that their words can make a difference. Developed by Amnesty with the support of Lord Saatchi and The Poetry Hour, and in partnership with Cheltenham Festivals, the free teaching resource will enable secondary school students to use poetry to help defend human rights. Each school term, students will be inspired to write…

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