| Country: |
Egypt |
|
Organization: |
Egyptian Medical Women’s Association |
| Address: |
59, Street No 104, Hadayek El-Maadi,
Cairo, Egypt. |
| Tel: |
(202) 526 1010 |
| Fax: |
(202) 526 1111 |
| Coverage: |
Local organization, with 500 members. |
| Objectives: |
1. Improving the status of women through community mobilization activities as well as the production and distribution of educational materials;
2. Providing opportunities for women working in the health sector, especially young ones, to reach the local community and actively participate in addressing women’s health and related issues;
3. Supporting national programs for the promotion of safe motherhood and healthy children;
4. Addressing the needs and concerns of women and young women in deprived areas;
5. Undertaking health education activities and reaching out to needy groups of illiterate young women on issues of reproductive health and environmental sanitation. |
| Approach: |
Raising Awareness; advocacy; publishing & research; training; development programs. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: Vocational training; literacy programs.
Health: Family planning; nutrition education; sexual & reproductive health; prenatal health; HIV-AIDS; Anti-tobacco campaign; first aid.
Social Integration: Participation & rights of vulnerable young women; juvenile delinquency females.
Environment: Environmental sanitation.
Young women’s rights: Equal opportunities; gender based violence.
Capacity building: Enabling environment; leadership training. |
| Leadership: |
33% of members are young women
The participation of young women at the decision-making levels:
As board members-->25%
As committee members--> 33%
As partners in program planning and decision-making--> 30%
As participants and volunteers--> 100% |
| Networking: |
Member of regional platforms:
1. Network of Arab NGOs;
2. Alliance for Arab Women.
Member of international platforms:
1. International Medical Women Association;
2. African Medical Women Association. |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure the participation of young women:
1. Leadership training programs;
2. Guidelines to insure their integration into boards and committees;
3. Encouragement and support;
4. Access to information including rights and responsibilities;
5. Awareness raising regarding young women’s participation and rights;
6. Creating an enabling environment. |
| Project: |
Adolescent Girls Project. |
| Objectives: |
Improving the quality of life of adolescent girls in Egypt through awareness raising programs and basic skills training. |
| Brief: |
Training programs were conducted for 200 illiterate and semiliterate girls between the age of 14-19 to raise their awareness regarding reproductive health and other related issues. At a second stage, training workshops were organized for 400 members of NGOs to enable them to mobilize the community and disseminate information. |
| Duration: |
Project year: Unspecified
Duration: 4 years |
| Location: |
In all areas of upper and lower Egypt. |
| Target Group: |
1. Adolescent girls as beneficiaries;
2. NGO members as program participants and trainers of others.
|
| Funding: |
Ministry of Health |
| Results: |
200 illiterate and semiliterate girls, in addition to 400 female members of NGOs, received training in reproductive health and adolescent problems and needs. |
| Project 2: |
Health Education Project. |
| Objectives: |
Empowering young female doctors to work at the community level and achieve cost effectiveness. |
| Brief: |
EMWA’s Health Education Project was designed for young female doctors as a tool for upgrading primary health care services. Five training programs were conducted in Alexendria, Beni Suif, Cairo, and Dakahlia governorates. |
| Duration: |
Project year: Unspecified
Duration: One year |
| Location: |
Alexendria, Beni Suif, Cairo, and Dakahlia governorates. |
| Target Group: |
400 young female doctors from five universities in four governorates who are involved as main actors in the projects. |
| Results: |
The young physicians who attended the training workshops, are now working as health providers in their own communities. |
