This booklet contains general, medical, and legal information about the crime of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

It has been produced through a partnership between Tadwein for gender studies, UNICEF, and Pathfinder

This booklet raises awareness of child marriage and the importance of girls’ education

It has been produced through a partnership between Tadwein for gender studies, UNICEF, and Pathfinder.

Online sexual coercion and extortion are some of the most common forms of online sexual violence that Egyptian women suffer from

Therefore, Tadwein’s Center for gender studies has gathered and analyzed incidents of online sexual coercion and extortion in Egyptian society and that’s from the news published during the time period from 2019 to 2022

On the 24th and 25th of August 2023, Tadwein for Gender Studies conducted a TOT training for 15 women and 15 men in Fayoum governorate, Sinnuris Center. The training aimed to enhance the skills of the trainees on developing advocacy messages for combating both FGM and child marriage. Moreover, the training also aimed at enhancing the capacity of the trainees or organizing awareness sessions within their local communities.

This booklet contains illustrations developed as part of the campaign “Killed Because They Were Women” which was launched by Tadwein for Gender Studies to shed light on the increasing incidences of femicide in Egypt. The stories in this booklet were inspired by the stories collected between October 2021 and October 2022.

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.

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.

On the 14th of June, Tadwein for Gender Studies launched a campaign “She is Intact” celebrating the National Day against Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt. The campaign aimed to raise community awareness and shed light on the fact that all girls are born intact, untouched and healthy in body and mind.