Outcome EGY_D_1.1

By 2027, women and girls realise their rights in the social, health and livelihood spheres, as laid out in the Egyptian Constitution, and their leadership and empowerment are guaranteed in a society free of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls.

Despite two fierce wars continuing on Egypt's borders (Gaza and Sudan) throughout 2025, significantly destabilising the region and Egypt's already heavily impacted economy, policy level changes on gender equality have been minor but there is increasing momentum for advancing women’s labour force participation and women-owned business opportunities as a key driver for riding the economic storm. These have been manifested through an increased interest from the private sector to adopt frameworks such as the WEPs as well as an increased interest to provide financial services to women-owned micro and small enterprises. Women have increased representation on the boards of directors of public bodies and their private sector companies, in line with policies adopted by relevant regulatory authorities. Avenues in both public and private sector continue to be significant and accentuate the importance of green and climate smart approaches with a gender lens. UN Women capitalized on that attention by ensuring gender equality is at the center of climate smart approaches and that women’s empowerment is more integrated into the results chain of newly developed projects. Approximately 328,753 women accessed digital banking services through an innovative digital banking mobile application. UN Women partnered with the Government of Egypt’s national programme on enhancing women’s financial inclusion to develop the application. UN Women also played a crucial convening role, bringing the Government, the Central bank and the civil society together to ensure the success of this initiative. Furthermore, 2,300 women accessed a decent income generating opportunity. To achieve this UN Women provided job placement services, entrepreneurial support, and employability skills development to these women. In 2025, survivors of violence continue to benefit from strengthened policy and regulatory frameworks to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) through the generation of research, evidence and analyses of trends on women’s rights in the context of family and personal status legislation as well as creating safe spaces for women and girls. Also within the ending VAWG portfolio, UN Women launched the “Cheer Out Loud” social media campaign to combat technology facilitated violence against women athletes, achieving 6.8 million online engagements and reaching over 1.5 million through its social experiment.

By 2027, women and girls realise their rights in the social, health and livelihood spheres, as laid out in the Egyptian Constitution, and their leadership and empowerment are guaranteed in a society free of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls.

Despite two fierce wars continuing on Egypt's borders in 2024 (Gaza and Sudan) and Lebanon was under attack as well, significantly destabilising the region and Egypt's already heavily impacted economy, policy level changes on gender equality have been minor but there is increasing momentum for advancing women’s labour force participation and women-owned business opportunities as a key driver for riding the economic storm. These have been manifested through an increased interest from the private sector to adopt frameworks such as the WEPs as well as an increased interest to provide financial services to micro and small enterprises. Women have increased representation on the boards of directors of public bodies and their private sector companies, as a result of a presidential decree. More women have the capacities to serve well on these boards as a result of UN Women’s work to capacitate them to serve well on these boards. Avenues in both public and private sector continue to be significant and accentuate the importance of green and climate smart approaches with a gender lens. UN Women capitalized on that attention by ensuring gender equality is at the center of climate smart approaches and that women’s empowerment is more integrated into the results chain of newly developed projects. Approximately 240,692 women accessed digital banking services through an innovative digital banking mobile application. UN Women partnered with the Government of Egypt’s national programme on enhancing women’s financial inclusion to develop the application. UN Women also played a crucial convening role, bringing the Government, the Central bank and the civil society together to ensure the success of this initiative. . Furthermore, 3,000 women accessed a decent income generating opportunity. To achieve this UN Women provided job placement services, entrepreneurial support, and employability skills development to these women. In 2024, survivors of violence continue to benefit from strengthened policy and regulatory frameworks to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) through the generation of research, evidence and analyses of trends on women’s rights in the context of family and personal status legislation as well as creating safe spaces for women and girls. Also within the ending VAWG portfolio, 200 women who have experienced gender-based violence accessed essential services and 46,600 women participated in national and community-led behaviour change initiatives and campaigns increasing their awareness levels of harmful practices and referral mechanisms.

By 2027, women and girls realise their rights in the social, health and livelihood spheres, as laid out in the Egyptian Constitution, and their leadership and empowerment are guaranteed in a society free of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls.

In 2023, two fierce wars broke out on Egypt's borders (Gaza and Sudan), significantly destabilising the region and Egypt's already heavily impacted economy. These realities dominated dialogue during the 2023 Egyptian Presidential election, and the overall economic crisis in the country dominated national partners' priorities. Policy level changes on gender equality have been minor but there is increasing momentum for advancing women’s labour force participation and women-owned business opportunities as a key driver for riding the economic storm. Women have increased representation on the boards of directors of public bodies and their business sector companies, as a result of a presidential decree. UN Women contributed to this result through providing more women with capacities to enable them to serve well on these boards. Egypt’s Presidency of COP27 ended in November 2023 and it has opened avenues in both public and private sector for significant attention to the importance of green and climate smart approaches with a gender lens.UN Women capitalized on that attention by ensuring climate smart approaches are more integrated into the results chain. UN Women reached approximately 70,000 through its partnership with the Government of Egypt’s national programme on enhancing women’s financial inclusion through an innovative digital banking mobile application developed through UN Women’ support. Furthermore, UN Women reached 2800 women through job placement, entrepreneurial support and employability skills development, ensuring a decent income generating opportunity for them. In 2023, UN Women has supported the strengthening of policy and regulatory frameworks to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) through the generation of research, evidence and analyses of trends on women’s rights in the context of family and personal status legislation as well as creating safe spaces for women and girls. It has also provided essential services for 200 women who have experienced gender-based violence and reaching 200,000 women through national and community-led behaviour change initiatives and campaigns