A) A total of 34 equal opportunity units have been established in various ministries, which will
focus on ensuring the constitutional equality of men and women at work and addressing any
discriminatory practices that women experience; providing legal awareness programs on the
rights of working women and assisting them in obtaining training and promotion opportunities in
cooperation with the National Council for Women, to work on resolving problems facing women,
including economic problems through the provision of social pensions.
B) Criminalizing the exclusion of women from inheritance through the amendment of Law No. 77
of 1943 by adding an article that proscribes the intentional withholding of any inheritance to
female heirs and blocking or refraining from delivering the inheritance.
C) Launching the ‘Check and Bills’ initiative to reduce the percentage of indebted women
through raising awareness about the risks of non-payment of debts on time.
D) Establishment of NGO Forum to include 117 NGOs in all development disciplines, with a
view to exchanging experiences in the field of women's empowerment, identifying their needs
and agreeing on specific priorities to promote women's issues.
E) The Government has implemented a number of projects and programs aimed at the
economic empowerment of women, notably:
1) The implementation of 160 training courses with a total of 3600 beneficiaries to
date in order to help build leadership and administrative skills, and develop
human resources for women working in the public and private sectors.
2) The introduction of a ‘national training’ program to train 50,000 job seekers in
order to reduce unemployment, which has so far benefited 2,900 job seekers in
18 governorates.
3) The establishment of Community Development and Entrepreneurship Center in
cooperation with Microsoft to enable talented young women to benefit from
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