The Ministry of Environment, UNDP, the GEF, and the Financial Sustainability of Protected Areas Project have been working on establishing a development plan for both Wadi Degla and the Petrified Forest Protected Areas in Cairo, making it ready for the public.
Speech by: Richard Dictus, UNDP Resident Representative: The Launch of Africa’s Regional United Nations Technology Innovation Lab
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is one of the harmful practices that young women and girls around the world are subjected to. It is a human rights violation affecting at least 200 million girls and women alive today in the world. FGM/C is deeply rooted in traditions and culture and has lasting negative health consequences, both physical and emotional, on women and girls.
Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERWs) have a significant negative impact on Egypt as they continue to hinder the country’s security and socio-economic development. Egyptian civilians continue to use landmine contaminated areas for cultivation, grazing, infrastructure projects, and housing.
UNDP Year in Review 2016 takes stock of our achievements and results in 2016. It covers all UNDP's areas of work: Sustainable Development & Poverty Reduction, Innovation for Development, Sustainable Environment, Governance & Transparency, and Gender Equality & Women Empowerment.
The Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) encompasses the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development.
A group from the Projects development Agency (Mashareea Masr) Development Agency and UNDP visit the host communities of Syrian Refugees.

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13.2%

unemployment rate

27.8%

Poverty rate

PPP US$ 10,685

Real GDP per Capita

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