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Social Equity (Women and Youth) Issues to Scale Digital Transformation of Egyptian Agriculture

author(s) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
from CGIAR - Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
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  • Northern Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). (28/12/2023). Social Equity (Women and Youth) Issues to Scale Digital Transformation of Egyptian Agriculture.

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Abstract

The present study provides information about scaling information and communication technologies (ICT) in among women and youth in Egypt. Accordingly, in Egypt, ICT can play a catalytic role in the empowerment of women and youth by:
• Expanding economic opportunities through greater access to markets, new forms of income generation and financial services.
• Supporting social welfare through improved health service delivery, including reproductive health, comprehensive and up-to-date health and nutrition information, and capacity building opportunities.
• Promoting the care economy by helping women maintain work-family balance.
• Improving safety at work and otherwise. Providing and linking women to services, mapping, and monitoring cases of gender-based violence (M. Osman, 2019).
• Enhancing youth business skills, if supported with adequate training policies, and solving the drastic inability to meet the strict lending requirements of financial institutions.

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