Egyptian labor minister directs overseas attachés to expand job markets

Raddad held a video conference Monday with labor attachés from nine offices across eight embassies to expand overseas job opportunities and protect Egyptian workers' rights.

• Raddad convened the meeting from the ministry's headquarters with attachés from embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, the UAE, Italy, and Iraq.
• He directed attachés to intensify rights-awareness campaigns and open continuous communication channels to respond quickly to workers' demands.
• Raddad instructed efforts to open new external labor markets for trained Egyptian workers and expand into markets neighboring current posting countries.
• He heard a presentation from the attachés on challenges facing their work and the needs of labor markets in their host countries.