Economic empowerment of vulnerable women in the region-2016
Employment for young Egyptian women
In April, UN Women launched a project in partnership with the Egyptian and the French governments to start a programme of training or young Egyptian women who will then be employed by some of the largest French companies and banks in the country. The agreement included the support of the French private sector companies active in Egypt and several civil society organizations.
Salheya Initiative Closing:
In January, UN Women closed the “Salheya” initiative in Egypt in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower and a number of civil society and private sector organizations. The programme was funded by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality- a gra
Gazan woman furniture painter.Photo: UN Women/Ezz Zannoun
Beneficiaries of FGE's Salheya Initiative. Photo: UN Women
Syrian refugees in the UN Women Oasis re-cycling damaged clothes in order to create carpets to be distributed to vulnerable families in the Za’atari camp. Photo credits: UN Women/Marta Garbarino
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