Tadwein Center for Gender Studies launched a social media campaign entitled “The Journey” aimed at highlighting images of the suffering faced by male and female refugees after the outbreak of armed conflict in Sudan and during the period of fleeing to Egypt.

First Carnival 

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies organized the first carnival on December 16, 2023, at the headquarters of the “Because You Are Human” organization in the Haram area of the Giza Governorate. The carnival program included various activities such as entertainment programs for children, lectures on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and free bazars to help project beneficiaries sell their products in order to support them economically and materially. The carnival also provided free health services to the targeted group in the form of medical check-ups and family planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The number of beneficiaries from this carnival ranged from 350 to 400 people, including women, men, and children.

Second Carnival

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies organized the second carnival on December 23, 2023, at the headquarters of the “Minarat Al-Fulan” association in the Sixth of October area of Giza Governorate. The carnival program included various activities such as entertainment programs for children, lectures on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and bazars to help project beneficiaries sell their products in order to support them economically and materially. The carnival also provided free health services to the targeted group in the form of medical check-ups and family planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The number of beneficiaries from this carnival ranged from 500 to 550 people, including women, men, and children

Third Carnival

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies organized the third carnival on December 30, 2023, at the headquarters of the “Because You Are Human” organization in the Haram area of the Giza Governorate. The carnival program included various activities such as entertainment programs for children, lectures on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and free bazars to help project beneficiaries sell their products in order to support them economically and materially. The carnival also provided free health services to the targeted group in the form of medical check-ups and family planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The number of beneficiaries from this carnival ranged from 100 to 150 people, including women, men, and children.

Fourth Carnival

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies organized the fourth carnival on January 24, 2024, at the headquarters of the “Minarat Al-Fulan” association in the Sixth of October area of Giza Governorate. The carnival program included various activities such as entertainment programs for children, lectures on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and bazars to help project beneficiaries sell their products in order to support them economically and materially. The carnival also provided free health services to the targeted group in the form of medical check-ups and family planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The number of beneficiaries from this carnival ranged from 500 to 550 people, including women, men, and children.

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies organized a training course from October 30 to November 4, 2023, at the Volunteer Center in Giza Governorate. The training session was attended by 15 participants. The training was divided into three main sections. The first section included training participants in a set of fundamental skills such as leadership, communication, and facilitation. The second section addressed gender-based violence (GBV) by defining the concept, discussing its forms such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, and exploring its impact on the psychological health and rights of victims. While the third section of the training course trained participants in providing psychological and social support during emergencies and the fundamentals of psychological first aid.

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies implemented an evidence-based pilot project titled “Strengthening Refugee and Immigrant Women and Girls’ Safety”. The project was implemented from October 2023 to January 2024 in 4 host communities in three areas in Greater Cairo (Haram, Fisal, and 6th of October). The main goal of the project is to address gender disparities and empower both refugee and host communities, thereby reducing vulnerabilities to Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The project involved a multifaceted intervention, including GBV awareness sessions, psychosocial support, community organizations and community champions capacity building sessions, health caravans, and development and distribution of educational materials (booklets and copybooks) on early marriage and Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) and school bags.

Project Results

• Capacity of 15 Community Champions from the target community were developed. Trainings were held on leadership, GBV and psychosocial support and others on communication skills for behavioral and social change.
• 80 GBV Awareness Sessions reaching 2000 community members (mainly refugees from Sudan, Syria and Yemen) were conducted.
• Five health caravans targeting 1.500 women, men, and children were conducted in the target communities. The caravan included diverse activities such as awareness sessions, public lectures, children’s activities, medical examinations, an MOH mobile clinic, and a bazaar.
• Educational Material has been developed: Two educational booklets, titled “I am still a child” and “FGM is a crime”, and 10 copybooks on FGM and Child Marriage were developed and around 36,000 copies of them were distributed to targeted community members, along with 6000 school bags.
• Audio-visual production: Over the course of the project, a documentary film was developed featuring the journey of one of the project’s community champions. Another animated film was developed, narrating a GBV-incident experienced by one of the project’s beneficiaries in Sudan during the conflict.
• Social Media Campaigns: Two impactful social media campaigns were developed and shared on Tadwein’s social media platforms. The campaigns aimed at introducing the project’s approach, activities and messages to a wider audience while highlighting the hardships faced by Sudanese refugees in Egypt and well as issues of GBV which they faced during the conflict and/or during their journey from Sudan to Egypt.