To achieve the vision and the objectives of the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women in 2030 we should work through the following four pillars
• Political empowerment and leadership promotion.
• Economic empowerment.
• Social empowerment.
• Protection
The first pillar: political empowerment and leadership promotion
Impact measurements indicators |
Year |
Observed value |
Target
in 2030
|
The percentage of female participants in the elections |
2014 |
44% |
50% |
Women participation in the parliament |
2016 |
15% |
35% |
| Representation of women in local councils |
2014 |
25% |
35% |
Percentage of female judges |
2015 |
0.5% |
25% |
Percentage of females in public offices |
2016 |
5% |
17% |
Percentage of females in senior management positions |
2016 |
19% |
27% |
The second pillar: economic empowerment
Impact measurements indicators |
Year |
Observed value |
Target
in 2030
|
percentage of women under the poverty line |
2015 |
26.3% |
9% |
Percentage of women's participation in the labor force |
2016 |
24.2% |
35% |
Unemployment rate among females |
2015 |
24% |
16% |
Percentage of women in administrative positions |
2016 |
6% |
12% |
Percentage of women in professional jobs |
2016 |
38% |
48% |
Estimated earned income (income gap between males and females) |
2016 |
29% |
58% |
Percentage of small enterprises targeted for women |
2015 |
22.5% |
50% |
Ratio of microcredit to women |
2015 |
45% |
53% |
percentage of females with bank accounts |
2015 |
9% |
18% |
The third pillar: social empowerment
Impact measurements indicators |
Year |
Observed value |
Target
in 2030
|
Female illiteracy rate (above 10 years old) |
2014 |
27% |
12% |
Female illiteracy rate (20-29 years old) |
2014 |
12% |
Zero% |
Percentage of married women who use contraceptive methods |
2014 |
59% |
72% |
Total fertility rate (child/woman) |
2014 |
3.5 children |
2.4 children |
Percentage of pregnant women who received prenatal care |
2014 |
83% |
92% |
Percentage of pregnant women who delivered via caesarian section |
2014 |
52%(ح) |
34% |
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 living babies) |
2014 |
52 |
26 |
Life expectancy at birth |
2013 |
71.3 years |
76 years |
Average number of years women live in good health |
2016 |
63 years |
71.4 years |
Percentage of disabled women employed in the government sector |
2015 |
1% |
3% |
Number of elderly homes |
2014 |
171(د) |
1400 |
Fourth pillar: Protection
Impact measurements indicators |
Year |
Observed value |
Target
in 2030
|
Percentage of women aged 20-29 who married before the age of 18 |
2014 |
18% |
1% |
Percentage of married women/women who have been married before, aged 20- 29, who had children before the age of 20 |
2014 |
24% |
0% |
Percentage of women who were subjected to harassment during the previous year |
2015 |
13% |
0% |
Percentage of ever married women aged 15-49 who have undergone circumcision |
2014 |
92% |
55% |
Percentage of girls under 19 years old who are expected to undergo circumcision |
2014 |
56% |
10% |
Percentage of women who have been subject to physical violence from their husbands |
2014 |
25.2% |
0% |
Percentage of women who have been subject to psychological violence from their husbands |
2014 |
18.8% |
0% |
Percentage of women who have been subject to sexual violence from their husbands |
2014 |
4.1% |
0% |