Pathway toward Women's Economic Empowerment in Egypt

Authors

Safaa Shaaban, The British University in EgyptFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2015

Abstract

This paper examines the case of women economic empowerment approach in Egypt using capacity building and Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA). The project aims at empowering marginalized women to be more able to improve their socioeconomic conditions and improve their social and economic rights and thus strengthen gender equality. The project’s interventions are capacity building and Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA).The project helped equip women in the seven target regions (total 20,356 women) with needed skills which allowed them to participate in the process of developing their communities by leading initiatives in their communities and taking active actions. The main contribution of this paper is in looking at successful bespoken approach with many components to equip women with necessary skills and empower them with economic rights understanding. Additionally the paper shows a contrast between VSLA and empowerment components, and how the empowerment component helped in the success of the VSLA.

Recommended Citation

Shaaban, S (2015) Pathway toward women's economic empowerment in Egypt, AsEse Journal of Business Management, Vol.1(6), pp. 057-063, November 2015, ISSN 2059-7835.