Minister of International cooperation
Rania al-Mashat headed to Dubai to represent Egypt in the World Woman Forum
2020, organized by Dubai Women’s Foundation and attended by representatives of
87 countries.
The forum is set to discuss policies and initiatives that possess a positive impact on women and ways to increase women's social and economic participation, especially in the entrepreneurial sector.
Ivanka Trump, adviser to the US President; and a number of heads of international financial institutions headed by David Malpas, president of the World Bank Group; and Crystalina Georgieva, director-general of the International Monetary Fund, delivered a speech during 60 discussion sessions of the forum.
Mashat’s program includes
participating in a session on women leaders in the government where she is set
to review her successful experience in the Egyptian government as the first
woman to take over the Ministry of Tourism in January 2018.
The forum focuses on four main axes
such as the government, economy, society and the future with the participation
of more than 3000 personalities, which makes it the largest forum of its kind.
Source: Egypt Independent
