| Country: |
Egypt |
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Organization: |
Alliance for Arab Women |
| Address: |
28 Adly St., Apt.#74 , Down Town Cairo,
Cairo, Egypt.
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| Tel: |
(202) 393 9899 – (202) 395 0911 |
| Fax: |
(202) 393 6820 |
| E-mail: |
AAW@link.com.eg |
| Coverage: |
200 members in addition to a network of 320 NGOs.
10 branches in 10 governrates including: Ismailia, Port Said, Alexandria, Asuit, El wadi el gedid, Minia, Fayoum, Sharkia, Dakahlia. |
| Objectives: |
1. Increasing awareness regarding the psychological, social, economic and political needs of teenage girls and women heads of households;
2. Enhancing women’s political participation to ensure that their interests and priorities are incorporated in decision-making;
3. Raising the quality of life of female heads of households through gainful employment.
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| Approach: |
Raising awareness; advocacy; publishing & training; development programs. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: School dropouts.
Employment: Mirco credit schemes; income generating projects; equal opportunities; employability strategy.
Health: Family planning.
Social integration: Participation & rights of vulnerable young women; juvenile female delinquency; employment opportunities for vulnerable young women.
Young women’s rights: Equal opportunities; gender based violence.
Capacity building: Enabling environment; leadership training.
Political leadership: Good governance. |
| Networking: |
Partners at the national level:
1. New Women Research Center;
2. El Nadeem Center;
3. Bashayer;
4. Women Forum;
5. Egyptian Women’s Affairs Center. |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
The particiaption of young women includes the following:
1. As project participants and beneficiaries;
2. As volunteers;
3. As members of the NGOs network.
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure the particiaption of young women:
1. Guidelines to insure their integration into boards and committees;
2. Encouragement and support;
3. Access to information including rights and responsibilities;
4. Awareness raising regarding young women’s participation and rights.
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| Project: |
Beijing Follow-up Project. |
| Objectives: |
1. Building the capacity of network members towards the implementation of the Beijing platform of action;
2. Fighting gender based violence in the Egyptian society;
3. Fostering gender equity by promoting positive attitudes towards women’s advancement in the Egyptian society. |
| Brief: |
The Alliance of Arab Women is working with the established structure of 350 NGOs to implement the Beijing platform of action with a focus on: the human rights of the girl child, the rights of female head of households, and gender equity in access to community services. |
| Duration: |
July 2000 – June 2004 |
| Location: |
Throughout the branches of the Alliance for Arab Women in 10 governrates: Ismailia, Port Said, Alexandria, Asuit, El wadi el gedid, Minia, Fayoum, Sharkia, Dakahlia. |
| Target Group: |
Women heads of households, teenage girls and young women. |
| Funding: |
Embassy of Netherlands |
| Results: |
Building the capacity of the network members. |
| Project 2: |
Women’s Participation at Decision Making Levels. |
| Objectives: |
Supporting women’s leadership and empowering them to reach decision making levels. |
| Brief: |
The main focus is on:
1. Encouraging women to obtain and use their voting cards;
2. Raising women’s awareness about the importance of exercising their political rights;
3. Assisting women candidates to reach political decision making;
4. Training women members of the local councils for effective participation;
5. Identifying and supporting women candidates to run for elections.
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| Duration: |
May 2000 – April 2004 |
| Funding: |
European Union |
| Results: |
More than 3000 voting cards were issued for 3000 women who will be using their electoral privileges. |
