European Union and partners take a Step Forward
towards Gender-Balanced Economy for Women in the Arab States Region.
By :
Mohamed Adel
Cairo, Egypt
– 17 September 2015 – European Union, League of Arab States and United Nations
Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), are bringing
together 20 experts for a two-day meeting on the 16 and 17 September 2015 to
formulate a roadmap of actions to ensure women have safer work places, fair
access to resources and a share in economic policymaking. The European Union allocated
7 million Euros for this out of the total budget of the Spring Forward
initiative that amounts to 8.2 million Euros.
Ambassador
James Moran Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt has reiterated that
equality between women and men is one of the European Union's founding
values. Moran added that the European
Union is committed to closely work with its partners to support the promotion
and protection of women's rights as well as to foster economic development
through better and equal access to economic opportunities and capitalising on
its own experience.
Key regional
experts from public, private and social sectors came together to draw an action
plan transforming Arab States’ commitments in regards to women’s economic
empowerment to reality. Arab governments, represented by the League of Arab
States, have consolidated their commitment to those objectives in February of
2014 by signing the Arab Women Cairo Declaration on gender equality with the
participation of UN Women.
This year,
the Department of Women Family and Childhood at the League of Arab States, has
partnered with the UN Women and the European Union in the context of their
joint programme “Spring Forward for Women”. The programme reflects a commitment
from the European Union and UN Women to support the development of a regional
mechanism through, which those commitments could become reality.
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