Maya Morsy (Arabic: مايا مرسي) is an Egyptian political scientist and specialist in public policy and an advocate for Women and Human Rights. She is an elected President of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) on 1 February 2016 to Date as the third and youngest President of the NCW since it was established in 2000 (Ministerial Decree). The National Women Machinery of Egypt an independent body by law and constitution reporting to the President of Egypt, since February 2016.[1][2][3] Earlier, Morsy served as regional gender team leader for the Regional bureau of United Nations Development Programme in New York City and Regional Center in Amman before she served as the Country Manager for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.[1][4] She has been described as "one of the best public policy experts on social gender in Egypt, and perhaps even in all of the Arab world".[5]
The NCW was created in 2000 by Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, and led by Suzanne Mubarak. Its board was restructured after the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and reorganized in 2012.[1]
Education
Morsy obtained a BA in political science from the American University in Cairo in 1995, an MBA from the City University of Seattle in 1997, and an MA in public administration from Seattle in 1998. In 2008 she received a PhD in public policy from the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo.[4][6][5]
Career
In her capacity as President of NCW in Egypt, Morsy is also head of the executive council of the Arab Women Organization Current President of the Ministerial Council of Women Development Organization and Chair of the Executive Bureau of the Women Development Organization of the Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
For more than 26 years, Morsy has been working for national, regional and international organizations, including the National Council for Women, the United Nations, USAID, academic institutions, and the private sector.
Morsy worked as a project officer in Egypt in the Sustainable Human Development Platform for Action and Monitoring (1995–1998), and as an academic facilitator for the City University of Seattle and the Arab Academy of Science and Technology (1997–1998). She was a consultant for the Girls Education and Empowerment Project of the Egyptian Ministry of Education (1998–1999); a project coordinator for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (1999–2000); and UNIFEM's country program manager (2000–2013). In 2014–2015 she served as the United Nations Development Programme's regional gender team leader for the Arab Region.[4]
During COVID19 pandemic, Morsy also published Egypt's rapid response to women's situation during COVID19 Outbreak, which is the first policy note globally to be issued on considering women's needs during the pandemic. She also managed to issue 4 editions of the first ever Women Policy Tracker to track and monitor gender sensitive Government responses in Egypt.
During her time, Egypt took first place among countries within North Africa & Western Asia region to consider women needs during COVID19, according to a global report issued by UNDP and UNWOMEN.
In September 2021 Morsy also led the establishment of UNDP Egypt's Human Development Report 2021: Egypt Pathways and Prospects in her capacity as the rapporteur of its 2021 version.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "UNDP regional expert Maya Morsy elected head of Egypt’s National Council for Women", Al-Ahram, 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Head of Egypt's NCWR calls on Parliament to ratifies 21 as legal age of girls’ marriage", Egypt Independent, 26 September 2017.
- ↑ "National Council for Women presents 2030 Egyptian Women Empowerment Strategy in UNOG", Daily News (Egypt), 20 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Dr. Maya Morsi", Women Economic Forum.
- 1 2 Mahmoud, Ahmed (21 February 2016). "Maya Morsi: Another step in the right direction", Al Ahram.
- ↑ "Maya Morsy" Archived 2019-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, whoisshe.wmf.org.eg.
Further reading
- "Maya Morsi", Enigma magazine.