Eliminating FGM in Egypt
Eliminating FGM in Egypt is a constant goal for Tadwein for Gender Studies. To be able to achieve this goal a number of activities are conducted or a regular basis.
Eliminating FGM in Egypt is a constant goal for Tadwein for Gender Studies. To be able to achieve this goal a number of activities are conducted or a regular basis.
In 2017, Tadwein for Gender Studies designed a project “The Councils are Ours” to encourage and support the effective participation of women in the Egyptian local councils. The project aimed to create more spaces for women to effectively occupy political and public spaces, fight social stigmas regarding women’s presence and participation in political spaces, provide better representation of youth in the formal political channels, and address issues of violence against women at the local level.
In 2016, Tadwein for Gender Studies developed Egypt’s first interactive online map on GBV programs and projects.
This project started in 2015, and the main objective is to find out the extent of the gender gap on the Internet, to reveal the uses of the Internet by Egyptian women, and to identify the obstacles and threats they face in accessing the Internet and social media.
The study was conducted in poor urban areas within Greater Cairo in Cairo Governorate (Helwan), Giza (6 October) and Qalyubia (Shubra El-Kheima), and the number of participants in the survey sample was 1000 participants (750 females and 250 males). The target age group in this study was from 18 to 60 years.
The results of the study were announced and its report was issued on December 6, 2015 in conjunction with the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence