“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.