In every sexual assault incident in Egypt, the media stands in a hostile position towards the victims/survivors, as it intentionally presents them in offensive manners and uses their personal lives and pictures without their permissions, justifying violence against them. This is a clear violation of all national and international press and media laws and conventions that the media workers must abide by, as they must comply with the principles of honor, honesty, preservation of personal freedoms and protection of citizens’ rights.

Tadwein for Gender Studies in collaboration has organized a series of training workshops with the aim of raising the awareness of journalists and media personnel about gender-sensitive press coverage. Roundtable discussions were also conducted with journalists to discuss issues such as sexual harassment in the workplace.

Tadwein for Gender Studies, in partnership with Egyptian Female Lawyers Initiatives, coordinated a two-day training targeting CSOs in Cairo, Giza, Helwan, Alexandria, Minya, Qena, Assiut, Beni Suef and Ismailia. The training aimed to enhance the knowledge and capacity of these CSOs to conduct advocacy campaigns to combat FGM in Egypt. 

Being a member of the Anti-FGM Task Force, Tadwein for Gender Studies held training in partnership with the National Council for Women in Giza to raise awareness about the harms of female circumcision and the reasons for the spread of this practice despite all efforts made to eradicate this crime.

On the 21st of April 2019, Tadwein for Gender Studies, W Laha Wogouh Okhra platform, and Hrdo Center organized a closing conference for “Mirayat” which analyzed the Ramadan Drama Series of 2017 and 2018 from a Gender Perspective. During the conference, reasons behind the gap between media producers/ creators and feminist media analysts were discussed in addition to the fact that the media industry promotes gender-based violence and discrimination against women. The conference was attended by some prominent figures, such as the critic Tarek El Shennawy, the scriptwriter Mohamed Suleiman Abdel-Malek, and the scriptwriter Mostafa Zayed.

Tadwein for Gender Studies has launched a campaign against FGM on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6th 2019. The campaign was in collaboration with 28 Too Many, and Womanity Foundation. The campaign’s activities included a call for documenting the reasons to combat FGM, in which journalists, state representatives, doctors and civil society workers participated.

Coinciding with the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the Anti-FGM Taskforce in collaboration with the National Population Council organized a conference named “Cumulative Efforts to Combat FGM in Egypt” under the sponsorship of the Minister of Health and Population Doctor Hala Zayed.   

A Position Paper for the Anti-FGM Task Force in Egypt.

Egypt has one of the highest rates of sexual harassment in the world.  Despite amendments in the Egyptian Penal Code and the definition of sexual harassment in Egyptian law in 2014, sexual harassment continues and the incidents of sexual harassment have taken a more violent turn, which, in some cases, might result in the harasser killing the victim and whoever is helping her.