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Maya Morsy ( ar, مايا مرسي) is an
Egyptian
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political scientist and specialist in
public policy
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and an advocate for Women and Human Rights. She is an elected President of
Egypt
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's
National Council for Women (NCW) on 1 February 2016 to Date as the third and the youngest President of the NCW since it was established in 2000 (Ministerial Decree). The National Women Machinery of Egypt an independent body by law and constitution reporting to the President of Egypt, since February 2016.
["UNDP regional expert Maya Morsy elected head of Egypt’s National Council for Women"]
''Al-Ahram'', 1 February 2016.["Head of Egypt's NCWR calls on Parliament to ratifies 21 as legal age of girls’ marriage"]
''Egypt Independent'', 26 September 2017."National Council for Women presents 2030 Egyptian Women Empowerment Strategy in UNOG"
''Daily News'' (Egypt), 20 June 2017. Before she was elected to lead the NCW, Morsy served as regional gender team leader for the Regional bureau of United Nations Development Programme
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in New York City
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and Regional Center in Amman before she served as the Country Manager for the United Nations Development Fund for Women
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, french: Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme, ) was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the Internationa ...
.[ She has been described as "one of the best public policy experts on social gender in ]Egypt
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, and perhaps even in all of the Arab world".[Mahmoud, Ahmed (21 February 2016)]
"Maya Morsi: Another step in the right direction"
''Al Ahram''.
The NCW was created in 2000 by Egypt
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's former president, Hosni Mubarak
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, and led by Suzanne Mubarak
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. Its board was restructured after the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and reorganized in 2012.[
Mrs. Morsy lost her son "''Ameen''" in January 2020.
]
Education
Morsy obtained a BA in political science from the American University in Cairo in 1995, an MBA
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from the City University of Seattle
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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.["Dr. Maya Morsi"]
Women Economic Forum.["Maya Morsy"]
, whoisshe.wmf.org.eg.[
]
Career
In her capacity as President of NCW in Egypt, Morsy is also head of the executive council of th
Arab Women Organization
Current President of the Ministerial Council of Women Development Organization and Chair of the Executive Bureau of the Women Development Organization of the Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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.
For more than 26 years, Morsy has been working for national, regional and international organizations, including the National Council for Women, the United Nations
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, USAID
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, academic institutions, and the private sector. The work experience has strengthened the strategic partnership with the League of Arab States
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, European Union
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, Organization of Islamic Cooperation
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, African Union, Union for the Mediterranean
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, government organizations, civil society, academic institutions and private sector.
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
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Ministers
* Hilmi Murad 1968–1969
* El Helali el Sherbini from September 2015
* Tarek Shawki from February 2017
* Reda Hegazy From August 2022
See also
* Cabinet ...
(1998–1999); a project coordinator for the United Nations Development Fund for Women
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, french: Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme, ) was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the Internationa ...
(UNIFEM) (1999–2000); and UNIFEM's country program manager (2000–2013). In 2014–2015 she served as the United Nations Development Programme
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's regional gender team leader for the Arab Region.[
Morsy also managed and led more than 50 programs and authored more than 40 training manuals, books, articles, research and policy papers in areas of public policy, development, gender equality and women’s empowerment, peace and security, human security, finance for development.
Morsy led the process of th]
Egypt’s National Strategy for the Empowerment of Women 2030
as the first strategy adopted by the President of Egypt
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and the First Strategy globally aligned with the UN's Sustainable development goals agenda.
During COVID19 pandemic, Morsy also publishe
Egypt's rapid response to women's situation during COVID19 Outbreak
which is the first policy note globally to be issued on considering women's needs during the pandemic. She also managed to issue 4 editions of the first eve
Women Policy Tracker
to track and monitor gender sensitive Government responses in Egypt.
During her time, Egypt took first place among countries within North Africa & Western Asia region to consider women needs during COVID19, according to a globa
report
issued by UNDP and UNWOMEN.
And in September 2021 Morsy also led the establishment of UNDP
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Egypt's Human Development Report 2021: Egypt Pathways and Prospects
in her capacity as the rapporteur of its 2021 version.
See also
*Women in Egypt
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References
Further reading
"Maya Morsi"
''Enigma'' magazine.
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The American University in Cairo alumni
City University of Seattle alumni
21st-century Egyptian women politicians
21st-century Egyptian politicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)