In an attempt to contribute to the efforts on eliminating gender-based violence in Egypt, Tadwein for Gender Studies implemented a 2 phased project targeting 9 governorates. The project aimed to sensitize young adolescents in targeted governorates about the concept of gender and gender related issues.
The Task Force for a unified law against violence against women, held a conference, on 4 December 2017 in celebration of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The establishment of the taskforce comes as result of the continuing spread of violence against women, despite the adoption of several policies and procedures to combat GBV in Egypt. The founding organizations gathered to launch the Task Force and introduce their proposed VAW bill.
The taskforce consists of 9 founding organizations, these are: The New Woman Foundation, Nazra for Feminist Studies, The Foundation for Egyptian Women’s Issues, Cairo Center for Development and Law, Women and Memory Forum, Nadeem Center for Psychological Treatment and Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence, Center for Appropriate Communications for Development, Egyptian Women Lawyers Initiative and Tadwein for Gender Studies.
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.
A girl named Menna Gibran was subjected to two incidents of sexual harassment in New Cairo. Although she was able to document those incidents using her phone camera, she was criticized and blamed by many social media users, which caused the girl to lose her job.
Tadwein conducted a research project that aims to examine and analyze gendered images in Egyptian drama and their effects in shaping and reinforcing gender stereotypes and discourses. This project was a collaborative work with Herdo organization and W laha Wogouh Okhra online platform.
In 2017, Tadwein Center for Gender Studies launched a campaign on social media platforms about the crime of mutilating the bodies of women with incendiary materials or acid as a form of violence against women, as this crime is a silent crime, in which no official statistics are available on its rates. It is worth noting that this crime is not explicitly stated in Egyptian law yet, and it is mitigated by including it among the beatings crimes that are regulated by Articles 240, 241, and 242 of the Egyptian Penal Code, despite the physical, psychological and social harms it causes, which are difficult to treat.
Tadwein for Gender Studies announces the launch of a campaign (#Acid_Attacks #The Story_did_not_end) during the sixteen international days of activism against gender-based violence (November 25th to December 10th, 2017). The aim of the campaign is to shed light on the crime of mutilating women’s bodies with incendiary materials or acid as a form of violence against women, as this crime is not looked at and has no official statistics are available, and there are no laws criminalizing it. It is worth noting that this crime is not yet defined in the Egyptian Penal Code. It is included in the beating crimes that are regulated by Articles 240, 241, and 242 of the Penal Code.
This research project aims to study violence among young people in urban poor Greater Cairo. The objectives of the study were to identify different forms of violence, determinants and consequences of violence on young people, and the different tactics young people developed to resist violence. The study was conducted in 22 poor areas within greater Cairo and targeted young people between the ages of 18 and 35 years. The findings of the study contributed to the development of several policy papers and IEC materials. A dissemination event was coordinated to display the results related to the issue of female genital mutilation in Egypt.
Tadwein for Gender Studies in collaboration with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law has launched an electronic campaign during 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The campaign aimed to emphasize the importance of comprehensive sex education as a way to solve the many problems related to sexual and reproductive health, and it used the hashtag #Not_a_shame to eradicate the stigma related to sex education in Egypt.
On the 25th of November 2015, Tadwein for Gender Studies, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law announced the launching of a series of activities as part of the “Sex Education is a Necessity, Not a Luxury” Campaign. This included the launching of an online campaign that was initiated during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (November 25 to December 10).
