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Gamea participates in She Trades Egypt launch
7 June 2021  -  Organization :  -  Sector/Entity :  -  Category : Trade News

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“She Trades” provides women entrepreneurs and women-owned SMEs around the world with a unique network and platform to connect to markets.

Cairo- June 7, 2021

Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea and Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Saeed have taken in the launching of the “She Trades Egypt” initiative for women in international trade in Egypt, implemented by the International Trade Center and financed by the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and the Islamic Development Bank, through the Aid for Trade Initiative for Arab States (AfTIAS).

“She Trades” provides women entrepreneurs and women-owned SMEs around the world with a unique network and platform to connect to markets.

The project is implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) represented by the Export Development Authority, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the National Council for Women, and the Export Council for Crafts and Handicrafts, in addition to partner institutions and the private sector.

“MTI attaches great importance to promoting women's participation in the economic development system, having equal opportunities in employment in all sectors including: SMEs and entrepreneurship, and increasing their contribution in export growth to foreign markets,” Gamea said.

The initiative, she added, will  play a key role in supporting women entrepreneurs in the handicraft sector in Egypt, by enhancing their capabilities to integrate into global value chains and play a more effective economic, social and political role, hence, achieve the ultimate goal of women’s economic empowerment to support comprehensive and sustainable development.

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