The European Union’s (EU) ambassador to Egypt, Ivan Surkoš, stressed the importance of Egypt fulfilling its commitments towards lifting European cars’ tariffs starting from January 2019. “Our support to women’s empowerment in Egypt exceeded €20m worth of projects in economic and social development areas in particular, to prevent and combat violence against women,” noted the ambassador. Surkoš stressed that promoting safe access to public transport for women will help increase their presence in economic activities. This will eventually lead to increasing the presence of women in public spaces, seeing that the public transportation options are safer and more convenient. The launch of the campaign coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women which is celebrated worldwide until the 10th of December.

Source: Daily News Egypt November 26, 2018 19:18 UTC