{"id":601550,"date":"2019-03-04T04:18:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T04:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/04\/increasing-womens-involvement-in-the-economy-a-top-national-priority-says-world-bank\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T04:18:09","slug":"increasing-womens-involvement-in-the-economy-a-top-national-priority-says-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/03\/04\/increasing-womens-involvement-in-the-economy-a-top-national-priority-says-world-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing women\u2019s involvement in the economy a top national priority, says World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-04\"><\/a> Enabling women\u2019s participation in Egypt\u2019s economy is an \u201curgent priority on the national agenda,\u201d<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/134846-WP-PUBLIC-march-2-WB-Women-Study-EN.pdf\">the World Bank has said<\/a>. The international lender says in a report on female economic empowerment that sustained economic growth necessitates an inclusive labor market, and with a female labor participation rate at 23.1%, women remain \u201can untapped resource\u201d in Egypt\u2019s economy. Much of the blame is placed on discrimination in the labor market \u2014 particularly in the private sector \u2014 while interviewees also cited family obligations, harassment on public transportation, and not knowing how to find a job as reasons discouraging them from looking for work.<\/p>\n<p><b>Limited progress: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/134846-WP-PUBLIC-march-2-WB-Women-Study-EN.pdf\">The World Economic Forum\u2019s 2018 Gender Gap Index<\/a> shows that Egypt made progress on gender parity in several aspects such as education and health compared to the <a href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WEF_GGGR_2017.pdf\">2017 index<\/a>. However, it still slipped one place overall in the index to 135 out of 149 countries, driven by declines in the economic participation and political empowerment rankings. Declining economic participation has been an ongoing trend over the past decade, with the proportion of women either in work or actively looking for work falling from 27% in 2006 to 23.1% in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><b>Advice to the powers that be: <\/b>While the World Bank commends the government\u2019s commitment to economic reform, increased job openings will not necessarily lead to more women entering the labor market. 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