Egypt’s Ministry of International Cooperation, the National Council for Women (NCW), and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have launched the ‘Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator,’ a national public-private collaboration model that allows governments and businesses to take decisive action to close economic gender gaps. Alongside eight other countries who have implemented it, Egypt is regarded as the first country in the Middle East and Africa to adopt this kind of public-private collaboration model supported by the World Economic Forum. It supports public and private leaders “in shaping innovative pathways to promote gender equality, diversity, inclusion and economic mobility through a three-year action plan, which is central to Egypt’s reform agenda,” according to what the Ministry of International Cooperation said. What you need to know about the accelerator Essentially, the model helps public and private leaders design innovative pathways for growth and shaping tomorrow’s education and workforce landscape, as well as to push gender parity, diversity, inclusion and economic mobility. To reflect each country’s local context, it is preceded by a system analysis done on the country level in coordination with key stakeholders and local coordinators. Highlighting women’s participation as macro-critical…
For the First Time in Africa and the Middle East, Egypt Launches ‘Closing Gender Gap Accelerator’
July 21, 2020
