In February 2024, Tadwein Center for Gender Studies launched a new project to combat gender-based violence in Ezbet Wahda Wataniyya in Zahraa El Maadi.
Project objectives:
- Provide information about and tools to respond to gender based violence for survivors and those most at risk for gender-based violence: women and girls.
- Develop the capacity of local community based organizations to support women and girls and create larger changes in the community
- Raise awareness of gender-based violence among the broader community and particularly men and boys.
Project activities:
- Creating and meeting with a community committee from the area to learn about their needs and to discuss the form and substance of the project
- Training with the community committee about gender-based violence and its prevalence
- Developing “community champions” or members of the community enthusiastic about learning more about gender-based violence and enhancing their communications skills and enhancing their leadership skills
- Conducting a knowledge, attitudes, and practices to understand gender-based violence in Ezbet Wahda Wataniyya in coordination with the community champions who were trained in data collection and used this to communicate with a sample of 300 people in the area
- Designing a map of community services and resources available in the area
- Hosting two health caravans that served 420 children, women, and men that saw to a number of different health
