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词条 Maya Morsy
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  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. Further reading

Maya Morsy is an Egyptian political scientist and specialist in public policy. She has been President of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW), The National Women Machinery of Egypt an independent body by law and constitution reporting to the President of Egypt, since February 2016.[1][2][3] Before she was elected to lead the NCW, Morsy served as regional gender team leader for the Regional bureau of United Nations Development Programme in New York and Regional Center in Amman before she served as the Country Manager for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.[1][5] She has been described as "one of the best public policy experts on social gender in Egypt, and perhaps even in all of the Arab world".[4]

The NCW was created in 2000 by Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, and led by Suzanne Mubarak. Its board was disbanded after the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and reorganized in 2012.[1]

Education

Morsy obtained a BA in political science from the American University in Cairo in 1995, an MBA from the City University of Seattle in 1997, and an MA in public administration from Seattle in 1998. In 2008 she received a PhD in public policy from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo.[5][6][4]

Career

Morsy worked as a project officer in Egypt in the Sustainable Human Development Platform for Action and Monitoring (1995–1998), and as an academic facilitator for the City University of Seattle and the Arab Academy of Science and Technology (1997–1998). She was a consultant for the Girls Education and Empowerment Project of the Egyptian Ministry of Education (1998–1999); a project coordinator for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (1999–2000); and UNIFEM's country program manager (2000–2013). In 2014–2015 she served as the United Nations Development Programme's regional gender team leader for the Arab Region.[5]

See also

  • Women in Egypt

References

1. ^1 2 "UNDP regional expert Maya Morsy elected head of Egypt’s National Council for Women", Al-Ahram, 1 February 2016.
2. ^"Head of Egypt's NCWR calls on Parliament to ratifies 21 as legal age of girls’ marriage", Egypt Independent, 26 September 2017.
3. ^[https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/06/20/national-council-women-presents-2030-egyptian-women-empowerment-strategy-unog/ "National Council for Women presents 2030 Egyptian Women Empowerment Strategy in UNOG"], Daily News (Egypt), 20 June 2017.
4. ^1 Mahmoud, Ahmed (21 February 2016). "Maya Morsi: Another step in the right direction", Al Ahram.
5. ^1 2 "Dr. Maya Morsi", Women Economic Forum.
6. ^"Maya Morsy", whoisshe.wmf.org.eg.

Further reading

  • [https://www.enigma-mag.com/maya-morsi/ "Maya Morsi"], Enigma magazine.
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