The file of women’s empowerment witnessed an unprecedented boost during the past seven years and received great support from the political leadership, to continue efforts and initiatives in order to expand women’s participation in all fields and to allow them to occupy all leadership positions politically, economically & judicially; believing in their ability to give and participate in building the new republic and achieving sustainable development. However, despite Egypt’s progress in many reports and indicators of women’s empowerment, there are some challenges that it still faced by some sectors, especially the labor market.

  In this convention, Canada Egypt Business Council and the Egyptian Business Council for International Cooperation had the honor to host H.E. Amb. Nabila Makram; Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs & Dr. Maya Morsy; President of Egypt’s National Council for Women & Deputy Feby Fawzy; Senate Procurator moderated by Mayan Raslan; Head of the Women’s Committee in CEBC & ECIC discussing the topic “The State’s Efforts to Empower Women and the Most Important Gains”.

  In the opening remarks Eng. Motaz Raslan; on behalf of CEBC & ECIC; was pleased to welcomed our dear distinguished members, guests, ambassadors, the followers of the meeting via online live streaming; Despite our conviction and our strong belief in the words of the poet Gibran Khalil Gibran “Nations are not built and civilizations are not built except on the shoulders of women,” but we must admit that the Egyptian woman, for many decades, has been absent from the picture, has been marginalized and her role in society has been reduced, and she has not been given the position she deserves and has not taken her rights And its fair share but if we ask ourselves how was the situation of women before the June 30 revolution and their conditions today, certainly the difference between the two answers, all indicators and numbers confirm that Egypt has made a way for women to enhance their role to participate in all fields, and it can be said that this era is the golden age for Egyptian women; Where it achieved unprecedented leaps and historical levels in the rates of representation and participation in various sectors of society, and indicators and statistics are the best evidence of these gains made by women during the past seven years. I recall from them the declaration of 2017 as the year of Egyptian women in a precedent that did not occur in the history of Egypt and the launch of the national strategy to empower Egyptian women in 2030 so that Egypt would be the first country in the world to launch this strategy in line with the sustainable development goals.

  Add to this the increase in the percentage of women ministers in the government to 25%, compared to only 6% in 2015, which is the highest percentage ever in the history of Egypt. Its percentage in the House of Representatives reached about 27% and in the Senate 12.5%, and the percentage of female conservative representatives jumped to 31%. This is in addition to the arrival of women in jobs government for more than 45% for the first time in the history of Egypt

  Ladies and gentlemen, the audience, the matter did not stop at these gains. Rather, efforts and initiatives are continuing to further empower and enhance the role of women in society to benefit from their capabilities and energies to the extent that I see that the term empowering women may disappear after a few years after they became an essential and indispensable partner in building the new republic.

  Finally we are pleased to welcome the guests of our symposium today to talk about the state’s efforts to empower women and the most important gains, and we thank them for accepting the invitation and our participation in the dialogue on this important issue then he gave the floor to Mayan Raslan; Head of the Women’s Committee in CEBC & ECIC.

  Mayan Raslan; Head of the Women’s Committee in CEBC & ECIC said that the Egyptian woman was able to prove her presence in all positions inside and outside Egypt, as she held many positions as a judge, mayor, and many other positions. We are proud of the Egyptian woman. She saluted all doctors and nurses for their role in combating the “Covid 19” epidemic, in addition to their role in education, and support for husbands.

  H.E. Amb. Nabila Makram; Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs, Dr. Maya Morsy; President of Egypt’s National Council for Women & Deputy Feby Fawzy; Senate Procurator; the three women leaders’ said that Egyptian women are living their golden age thanks to the political will of the country’s leadership, which has provided all support to women, believing in their role and ability, and in safeguarding their dignity and rights. Adding the percentage of women’s participation in the House of Representatives reached about 162 seats, which they did not obtain before, in addition to her holding some leadership positions as ministers, and she held 8 ministerial portfolios, in addition to her assumption of the position of a judge in the Public Prosecution. They added that the new republic does not differentiate between men and women, and we are all proud that we are part of it; saying that the Egyptian state’s interest in women does not stop only when they assume political and leadership positions, nor does it stop for women who hold positions, But the state directs support to all levels and different segments of society.

  They also saluted the iron woman, Dr. Fayza Abul-Naga, the first woman to hold the position of National Security Adviser, and Dr. Moushira Khattab, the first woman The National Council for Human Rights is chaired by Dr. Ghada Wali, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna, and to the artist, Laila Taher, and all the women leaders in all the sites, explaining that President Sisi cares about women wherever they are, and has received the simplest women fighters in the presidential palace, and is keen and keen on any tour to listen to the women who happen to pass by them and that he spoke for a long time to the participants In the exhibition Our Heritage during its recent inauguration, as women participated in an unprecedented proportion in creative handicrafts, as Egyptian women have enjoyed creativity and innovation since ancient times. They added that the President is also concerned with women in Upper Egypt, Bahri, the Canal governorates and the borders.

  Deputy Feby Fawzy; Senate Procurator revealed that the number of registered Egyptians abroad is about nine and a half million, but the actual number is greater than that, not a failure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the state authorities in The census, but because some Egyptians abroad did not previously have confidence in those who collect their data, and therefore did not register themselves with embassies and consulates, let alone the new generation who was born abroad.

  Amb. Nabila stressed the state’s interest in all categories of Egyptians abroad, with special attention being paid to the second and third generations, because they can be exposed to brain deformation and distortion of awareness, and said that she organized, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and Nasser Academy, trips for young people studying abroad to several civilian and military sites to know the truth of what is happening in Egypt. Their country developed, and in one of them accompanied them to the thunderbolt, to know the nature of their country’s army and how it always prepares to provide safety for our people, and they saw how the individual thunderbolt trains, and eats snakes after removing their poison and grilling them, and the enthusiasm of students in Australia reached the point that they wanted to try eating the snake and I did with them that.

  Dr. Maya Morsi; head of the National Council for Women, said that after the June 30 revolution, women witnessed economic empowerment and life development, thanks to the wise political will, which is still striving to give the mother, sister and wife all due rights. She stressed that in the direction of providing full support to women, including social protection and economic empowerment, in addition to fighting bullying & that we live in a golden age for women, in which they held many positions in all fields.

  Dr. Maya explained that after more than 70 years, women were able to enter the field of prosecution, under the guidance of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to assume the position of judge in the Constitutional Court, and President El-Sisi was the first to fulfill women’s dream of empowering them in the Public Prosecution.

  Then the session was opened for questions and answers where many questions and suggestions were discussed and many attendees praised the ongoing efforts of the State’s Efforts to Empower women.