Women economic empowerment and overall gender equality and inclusivity is one of the main thematic components of the wider rural economic development initiative that the Egyptian government is implementing with Vision 2030. Creating opportunities for women to be breadwinners for their families is extremely important in ensuring that development is widespread and gender equal.
Egypt
The 2014 Egyptian Constitution has significant provisions asserting women's equality and rights. The Egyptian Government has achieved considerable progress on the women's empowerment agenda in recent years. Several national strategies for women empowerment were developed and adopted, namely, the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030, National Strategy to Combat Violence against Women (VAW), National Strategy to Combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and the National Strategy to Combat Child Marriage.