Maya Morsi highlights importance of focusing on women role in labor market: conference

CAIRO – 29 June 2022: President of the National Council for Women, Dr. Maya Morsi stressed the importance of focusing on the role of women in the labor market, during a conference held on Wednesday.

Morsi chaired a session entitled "Women in the Labor Market", during the activities of the final conference to present the results of data analysis of the fifth economic census for Egypt for the year 2017/2018.

During the session, Morsi pointed out that women have broken barriers in many fields, despite that, there are many obstacles facing women in the labor market.

She further stressed the importance of introducing special policies.

The session was attended by Dr. Hanan Nazeer, Advisor to the National Wages Council, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Professor of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, and Mrs. Heba El Shafei, a businesswoman.

The conference, organized by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, included several sessions that discussed maximizing the economic return of economic establishments, presenting policy summaries, economic activity and public policies, and developing the next economic census form.