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U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)Menoufia University-University of Connecticut Partnership to Promote Women in DevelopmentRecognizing the persistence of a wide gender gap, the Government of Egypt established the National Council for Women in 2000. The Council developed a 5-year agenda for women’s social, economic, and political empowerment through improvements in health and education, vocational training and access to micro-credit, and more opportunities to participate in public life. To contribute to the national effort to reduce the gender gap in Egypt, Menoufia University (MU) and the University of Connecticut (UConn) are developing a program of faculty exchanges and training focused on women in development in general and specifically in Egypt. Consistent with the MEPI goal of enhancing the quality of Arab education, our partnership will promote curriculum development at MU, build capacity at both MU and UConn to conduct outreach-oriented research on women’s social, political, and economic status, and connect MU faculty working on women’s issues to community and non-governmental organizations that can both facilitate and benefit from their research. A key long-term outcome of this project will be the inauguration of a new Master’s degree program in Women in Development (WID) at MU, the first such graduate program in Egypt.
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