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GLOBALLY, ONE IN THREE WOMEN EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS SOCIALLY REGULATED AND APPROVED IN MANY REGIONS ACROSS THE WORLD.
22% OF NEVER-MARRIED EGYPTIAN YOUTH ACCEPT WIFE-BEATING,
PROVING THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY SUFFERED, BUT LEARNT.
MORE THAN 22 MILLION EGYPTIAN WOMEN
ALIVE HAVE UNDERGONE FGM, AND THE PRACTICE PERSISTS TO THIS DAY.
ONLY 18% OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN THE LABOR FORCE.
RECOGNIZING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AS A POWERFUL MEANS OF COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, RESPONDING TO WOMEN’S LOW ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION 7 THEIR LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE AS ENTREPRENEURS— ESPECIALLY IN AN INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE CENTERED ON TECHNOLOGY VENTURES...
IN 2023, WOMENOVATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO LEVERAGE THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS A VEHICLE FOR WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND A CATALYST FOR GENDER EQUALITY.