Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt

Abbreviations and acronyms

AfCTFA	African Continental Free Trade Area
CAPMAS	Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
CBE	Central Bank of Egypt
CEDAW	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
DAC	Development Assistance Committee
ECEC	Early childhood education and care
EDA	Export Development Authority
ELMPS	Egypt Labour Market Panel Survey
EOU	Equal Opportunity Unit
FDI	Foreign direct investment
FGM	Female genital mutilation
FRA	Financial Regulatory Authority
FTTC	Foreign Trade Training Centre
FZ	Free Zone
GAFI	General Authority for Investment and Free Zones
GDP	Gross domestic product
ICT	Information and communications technology
ILO	International Labour Organization
IPA	Investment promotion agency
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency
MCIT	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
MENA	Middle East and North Africa
MFI	Microfinance institution
MNE	Multinational enterprise
MSME	Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
MSMEDA	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency
NCW	National Council for Women
NEET	Not in employment, education, or training
NGO	Non-government organisation
ODA	Official development assistance
​​PIAAC	Survey of Adult Skills
PIRLS	Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
SCEZ	General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone
SDG	Sustainable Development Goal
SEAH	Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
SIGI	Social Institutions and Gender Index
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprise
SOE	State-owned enterprise
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
TIMSS	Trends in Mathematics and Science Study
TVET	Technical education and vocational training
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
WBES	World Bank Enterprise Survey
WIB	Women in Business