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Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity partnered with 286 organizations to distribute daily hot meals and Eid cookies to vulnerable families during Ramadan. The nationwide effort created jobs for women while strengthening food security across the country.
Pronto is transforming India's informal domestic work sector by providing training, background checks, and predictable income to thousands of women. The nine-month-old company now handles 18,000 bookings daily while giving workers dignified employment.
Saudi Arabia's private sector now employs more than half of its citizens for the first time, marking a dramatic transformation in the nation's economy. Women's employment has nearly tripled in just 10 years.
Saudi Arabia's labor market transformation since 2015 shows female employment jumping from 11% to 32%, youth unemployment dropping dramatically, and the private sector now creating most new jobs. A new World Bank report reveals how a decade of reforms turned around attitudes toward work and opportunity.
When Ethiopian women got formal jobs, 10% changed how they described their ethnicity to stay safe during their commutes. In a country where ethnic tensions can turn deadly, work didn't just change their income—it changed how they moved through the world.