UNFPA and the National Council for Women launched the Noura Framework in 2021. Noura is the National Girl Empowerment initiative, under the auspices of the First Lady Intissar al-Sisi. It is implemented within the framework of the National Project for the Development of the Egyptian Family.
Noura is the symbol for every adolescent girl in Egypt.
She is the central character who represents the investment in adolescent girls through building their health, social and economic assets through the Girls Assets Building Program.
The Noura Framework responds to the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030, the National Project for the Development of the Egyptian Family and the Haya Karima project, and will contribute to the SDG targets set in Egypt’s Vision 2030.
The program places adolescent girls ‘aspirations and needs at the center:
The Noura Framework will initially kick off in 20 villages of Haya Karima reaching adolescent girls and mentors, young women aged 18-24 from the same villages.
The mentors along with supervisors will be responsible to ensure that the households and village are taken along in all activities, ensuring through creative means such as interactive theater, sports, developing songs, comic drawing etc. that the empowerment of the girls will not happen in isolation.
Climate Change deepens existing challenges facing adolescent girls. An alarming number of girls around the world are affected by climate crises.
Climate crises can disrupt health services and education, they can also cause girls to miss school, giving priority to other daily tasks. They can heighten the risk of girls being married off early.
Promoting girls' empowerment is an urgent task in the face of the current climate crisis. Empowered girls can help their communities become more resilient and can contribute to climate change solutions.
That is why UNFPA is advocating for empowering girls and putting them at the center of adaptation responses to climate change.
In November 2022, Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27). UNFPA works towards empowering young people to fulfill their potential and for them to have a seat at the climate talks table.
UNFPA is leading two events in the One UN Pavilion at COP27, one highlighting creative means of youth climate action and another showcasing UNFPA’s Edutainment Model for Community Engagement. UNFPA is also joining other UN agencies in events focusing on gender equality, reproductive health and youth empowerment.
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