About this publication

This publication considers women’s economic and social empowerment in Egypt through Zed Foundation’s reading of the Global Gender Gap Report 2025.

Women’s economic participation is central to the foundation’s work. This perspective connects an understanding of existing gaps with skills development, entrepreneurship and wider access to work.

This overview introduces the publication’s subject and its connection to the foundation’s mission of economic inclusion and equal opportunity.

In focus

  • Women’s economic participation in Egypt
  • Employment, skills and entrepreneurship
  • Economic inclusion and equal opportunity