Women empowerment is a right, not a privilege: Sisi

CAIRO – 8 November 2017: “Unfairness is what forms most of Arab women’s problems, and I speak particularly about the Egyptian woman,” President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said on Wednesday.

On the World Youth Forum’s fourth day, women enhancement in decision-making processes was highlighted in a session called “Women’s Role in Decision-Making Circles.”

While addressing the audience, President Sisi affirmed that men have to be engaged in the process of empowering women at every turn in life, crediting Egyptian women’s role in building up generations.

He further said that the political keenness to empower women will not be effective unless the warped social culture towards women is changed.

“During the June 30 Revolution, Egyptian women were most aware of the dangers facing them and the future of their children,” Sisi explained.

The WYF invites and brings together 3,000 young people represented by 60 delegations from across the world, in an effort to explore key issues facing young people and determine their role in implementing global development goals and combating terrorism.