On the 21st of May 2023, Tadwein for Gender Studies organized a meeting with the first cohort of participants of the “Gender Equality” Training. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the participant’s action plans that shall be implemented within the participant’s communities.

On the 11th of March 2023, Tadwein for Gender Studies organized the first of many meetings for the participating feminist initiatives in “The Feminist Fabric” Project. The aim of the first meeting was to acquaint initiatives with each other, identify the needs of each initiative, and design and organize workshops to address those needs.

In accordance with the increasing incidents of violence and sexual harassment in the workplace, Tadwein for Gender Studies launched a campaign entitled “My Right to a Safe Working Environment”. The campaign aimed to advocate for the importance of signing the Convention 190 issued by the International Labor Organization in 2019 regarding the elimination of violence and harassment in the workplace.

In accordance with the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV, Tadwein for Gender Studies organized a national conference titled “Fostering Collaborating and Accelerating Efforts to End Gender-Based Violence in Egypt”. The conference was held on the 7th of December, 2022. During this conference, Tadwein for Gender Studies took the opportunity to also launch and disseminate a new study about femicide in Egypt titled “Killed Because They are Women”. More than 80 people participated in the conference, representing women’s and human rights organizations, civil societies, women’s and youth initiatives, and some funding agencies.

The study aims to contribute to the existing literature body on the impact of child marriage on development in Egypt. The aim of the study was to assist policymakers and relevant entities in better designing policies and interventions aiming to end child marriage in Egypt. The most important results of the study showed that the concept of the vest is one of the strongest motives for child marriage. One of the most important recommendations of the study is the development of multi-sectoral approaches and partnerships, given the multiple consequences of child marriage.

In accordance with the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV, Tadwein for Gender Studies organized a meeting to launch a new study entitled “Child Marriage in Egypt: Determinants and Consequences “. The meeting was held on the 28th of November, 2022. The Director of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, representatives of women’s and human rights organizations, civil associations, women’s and youth initiatives, and some funding agencies participated in this meeting. They presented the main findings and recommendations of the study.

Tadwein for Gender Studies have launched a campaign titled “Killed Because They Were Women”. The Campaign aimed to shed the light on the increasing cases of killings of women or girls that have been occurring lately in Egypt. The Campaign shared stories of real women or girls that have been deliberately killed or have committed suicide due the hardships they face because of their gender. The Campaign also included awareness sessions as well as medical convoys which were conducted in Fayoum, Giza, and Qalubeya as part of the celebrations of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence Campaign.

Tadwein for Gender Studies launched a campaign “Killed Because They Were Women” to shed light on the issue of femicide in Egypt. During this campaign, the results of a study conducted by Tadwein for Gender Studies documenting a total of 151 cases of murder and suicide of women and girls from different age groups during the period from October 2021 to October 2022 were disseminated.

WHO defines FGM as the partial or complete removal of the external reproductive parts or other injuries to female reproductive parts for non-medical reasons. This crime is internationally known as “Female Genital Mutilation” which speaks volumes of the type of human rights violations that young girls are exposed to, as well as the type of physical and mental torments that befall them as a result of the partial or complete cutting of organs that have vital and important functions for their physical, psychological and reproductive health.

In conjunction with the “International Day of the Girl Child”, Tadwein for Gender Studies has launched a campaign titled “Speak Out Your Pain”. The campaign aimed at encouraging women and girls that have been exposed to crime and in-humane practices to share their stories and their struggles to ultimately raise awareness on the dangers of these crimes as a prelude to end it.