Promoting Action to Combat Violence Against Women Project

Project Overview

The project “Enhancing Community Action to Combat Violence Against Women in Upper Egypt” responds to an urgent need to address a deep social challenge: gender-based violence. The project aims to empower local communities to build effective and sustainable responses to combat violence against women through three main pillars:

  • Capacity Building: Providing specialized training for community leaders, institutional representatives, and volunteer youth to enhance their understanding of prevention and protection mechanisms, and rights-based approaches to women’s issues.

  • Awareness Raising: Implementing comprehensive awareness campaigns across villages and centers in Upper Egypt, using interactive and artistic tools to change stereotypes and misconceptions related to women’s roles and rights.

  • Strengthening Coordination Among Stakeholders: Establishing and activating dialogue platforms including representatives from civil society, government bodies, religious leaders, and executive agencies, aiming to develop local policies and more effective and sustainable collective response mechanisms.

The project seeks to create long-term behavioral and social change by supporting a nurturing environment that respects women’s dignity and opposes all forms of discrimination and violence, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Seminar

“Ana Masry” Organizes Awareness Seminar in Deshna to Combat Violence Against Women and Promote Positive Parenting

As part of its ongoing efforts to empower women and combat gender-based violence, the “Ana Masry for Development and Training” Association organized an awareness seminar in the village of Abu Manna Bahary in Deshna district, within the activities of the project “Enhancing Community Work to Combat Violence Against Women.”

The seminar witnessed active participation from 51 women from the village, who engaged in discussions on various issues related to the risks of violence against women, the importance of positive parenting, and ways to strengthen women’s roles in achieving equality and justice within families and communities.

The seminar covered the following key topics:

  • Legal aspects of women’s protection, presented by Ms. Marwa Abdel Rahim.

  • A moderate religious perspective on women’s status and rejection of violence, presented by Sheikh Ahmed Abu El-Wafa.

  • Positive parenting and its role in preventing domestic violence, discussed by Dr. Nahed Abdo.

  • Health risks of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, addressed by Dr. Zeinab Betiti.

This event is part of a broader series of activities through which the association aims to raise women’s awareness of their rights and promote a societal culture that rejects all forms of violence and discrimination.

Together, toward a more just and safe society for every woman and girl.