New WEF program to improve women’s participation in Egyptian economy: The World Economic Forum is launching its “Closing the Gender Gap Accelerator” in Egypt, an initiative to support boost women’s role in the economy, it said in a statement. The three-year initiative aims to increase participation in the job market, including in leadership positions, and push for equal pay. Egypt is the ninth government to adopt the initiative and the first in the MENA region. Al Ahram reported that the initiative will be run by the Tourism Ministry alongside the National Council for Women, noting that a letter of intent was inked earlier this week on the sidelines of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York.

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