Amal Amaar, president of Egypt’s Nationwide Council for Girls (NCW), speaks throughout an unique interview with Xinhua in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 7, 2025.(Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
CAIRO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — The Global Leaders’ Meeting on Girls in Beijing represents a golden alternative for international locations worldwide to alternate expertise and advance women’s empowerment, mentioned an Egyptian official.
Shortly earlier than attending the meeting, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Amal Amaar, president of Egypt’s Nationwide Council for Girls (NCW), instructed Xinhua that the occasion would offer a priceless platform for contributors to evaluation achievements, share challenges and discover options.
Amaar expressed excessive expectations for the Beijing gathering, hoping it can define a new world agenda for selling women’s rights, comparable to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Motion adopted in 1995.
“Thirty years have handed because the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Motion laid the inspiration for world legislative efforts to strengthen and shield women’s rights,” she mentioned.
The meeting, she added, comes at a time when the world is present process dramatic financial, political, digital and technological transformations.
Amaar harassed that the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Motion served as a roadmap guiding international locations in their efforts to empower ladies.
Highlighting the robust ties between Egypt and China, Amaar famous that bilateral cooperation has pushed outstanding progress in Egypt’s technical and vocational training sector.
She mentioned that Chinese language vocational coaching packages for girls have helped improve their skilled expertise, enhance employment prospects, and strengthen monetary independence by higher getting ready them for the labor market.
Amaar additionally praised China’s financial growth, saying it has considerably benefited ladies. “China has efficiently damaged instructional stereotypes by opening technical colleges in fields reminiscent of agriculture, building and e-commerce to economically empower ladies,” she added.
Amaar affirmed that Egypt is now witnessing a “golden period” for girls, supported by the 2014 Structure, which established a robust legislative and authorized framework to safeguard women’s rights and achievements.
She famous progress throughout numerous sectors, notably in political participation. “Egypt has made outstanding advances in women’s political empowerment, reaching an unprecedented 27 % illustration in parliament and 14 % in the Senate,” she mentioned.
The present parliament, she added, has handed a number of legal guidelines to uphold women’s rights, together with measures to forestall feminine circumcision, fight harassment and shield inheritance rights.
When it comes to financial empowerment, Amaar highlighted Egypt’s important progress in integrating ladies into small and medium-sized enterprises and getting ready them to enter the formal labor market.
She cited the “Tahwisha” program, a pioneering digital financial savings and lending initiative that permits ladies in distant and rural areas to open financial institution accounts, get monetary savings and entry loans to begin small companies. “This program has drastically contributed to the financial empowerment of Egyptian ladies,” she mentioned.
Amaar additionally expressed appreciation for the Global Governance Initiative, saying that “in a simply world, ladies are the primary to profit,” as they’re typically disproportionately affected by conflicts, disputes and financial crises.
“If we stay in a fairer world that upholds real values and rejects double requirements, it can lead to world peace, which finally serves the pursuits of girls,” she added. ■
Amal Amaar, president of Egypt’s Nationwide Council for Girls (NCW), speaks throughout an unique interview with Xinhua in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 7, 2025.(Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Amal Amaar, president of Egypt’s Nationwide Council for Girls (NCW), speaks throughout an unique interview with Xinhua in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 7, 2025.(Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
