The United Nations General Assembly has designated July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. This year Tadwein for Gender Studies launched an awareness raising campaign celebrating the World Day against Trafficking in Persons through all its social media outlets and website. The campaign contained various illustrations and posts reflecting the main concept, types of human trafficking and the national law related to 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.

Tadwein Center for Gender Studies in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation is implementing a two years project titled “El-Madrasa” (2021-2023). The main aim of the project is to create an active social movement to end broad societal acceptance of various forms of violence against women, through the establishment of unorganized networks of young women and men in various Egyptian governorates. The project targets different segments of society, with a special focus on young people. The activities of the project include:

On the 20th of April 2022, Tadwein for Gender Studies held a consultative meeting with local partners and activists in the gender field to discuss the content of the online training course on “Gender Equality”. As the training is designed to be delivered through a digitalized platform “El-Madrasa”, the meeting also discussed how to maximize the usage of this platform to raise awareness and disseminate knowledge about the different GBV issues in and outside Egypt.

Since 1909, International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates women’s achievements in all spheres of life and calls for gender equality. Part of the incentive for IWD came when thousands of women took to the streets in New York City to demonstrate against the unreasonable conditions of women in the clothing industry. The strike was a response to low wages, sexual harassment, and a lack of protection. A century later, women still face those same challenges.

FGM is still prevalent in EGYPT

86% of girls and women in Greater Cairo are circumcised

Tadwein for Gender Studies is launching its study “Violence among Young People in Greater Cairo”

A total of 3285 households participated in the study that took place in 22 areas in Greater Cairo. The main aim of this study is to identify the various types of violence among young people in poor Greater Cairo, in order to inform and influence preventive strategies.

On the 6th of February of every year, efforts and endeavors to recall and stress the zero intolerance to FGM are highlighted. And here we are, on the same day of the year 2022, remembering that in Egypt

The 16 Days of Activism Against GBV is an international campaign to combat GBV worldwide. In celebration of this international campaign, Tadwein for Gender Studies launched a campaign #her body is not yours to raise community awareness towards the issue of FGM in Egypt.  In cooperation with (Speak Up), we decided, during the 16 days of activism, to start a campaign #Her_body_not_yours to raise awareness of the crime of female genital mutilation; Because it is one of the worst types of violence that is practised against girls and women, during which part – small or large – of a girl’s body is cut unjustly and without respect for her humanity and freedom, and the worst is that it is done based on the desire of the people who are supposed to protect her – her family -.
Unfortunately, despite the existence of laws criminalizing this practice, Egypt is still one of the highest countries in the world in the rates of female circumcision.
Change and spreading awareness is the responsibility of every individual in society.
Share with us so that we can make real change and save girls before they are exposed to this crime, and help everyone who has already been exposed to them to overcome it.
Female genital mutilation is an old African custom and crime, and it is not imposed in any way. It still exists in 2021!

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the “Global 16 Days Campaign against Gender-based Violence;  an annual international campaign starting on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and running until 10 December, Human Rights Day. This year, Tadwein for Gender Studies will launch a campaign to advocate against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt, in collaboration with the feminist organization Speak Up.