NCW chief: female empowerment, needs crucial to sustainable development

President of Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi stressed that empowering women and girls and taking into consideration their needs are crucial for realizing sustainable development.

Morsi – who is leading the Egyptian delegation to the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York – made the remarks on Saturday 11/03/2023 during a meeting with Secretary General of the Saudi Family Affairs Council, Maymouna bint Khalil.

She called for changing the erroneous concepts about women in Islam, noting that the upright teachings of Islam underlined equality in rights of men and women.

She also talked about cyber violence against women, noting that Egypt has ratified legislative frameworks in this regard.

She added that Egypt launched a technological hackathon to confront violence against women.

For her part, Bint Khalil accentuated the importance of clarifying the upright teachings of Islam on women issues and the importance of cooperation with the National Council of Women in joint files.