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Workshop prepares Benha University Hospital doctors and nurses for GBV response unit
Efforts continue to equip a new gender-based violence response clinic on the Benha University campus, with a workshop organized this week to train the university hospital doctors and nurses on gender... Read more
Service providers dispel misconceptions, offer consultations at the Sadat family health unit in Matrouh
In the Sadat Family Health Unit in the governorate of Matrouh, Dr. Aaza Abdel Baky works with a team of service providers to make sure that women get all the family planning services and... Read more
Health Ministry Undersecretary in Matrouh lauds different UNFPA projects in the governorate
The Ministry of Health and Population's Undersecretary in Matrouh and Head of Matrouh Health Directorate Dr. Ahmed El-Beltagy welcomed UNFPA’s efforts to end preventable maternal deaths and scale up... Read more
Young people use theatre to change social norms at Population Awareness Clubs
The Population Awareness Clubs (PACs) continue to host different activities to raise the awareness of young people around population issues, using different tools that include peer education, music,... Read more
UNFPA, Ministry of Youth and Sports to arm young women with self-defense techniques
UNFPA, the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) and the Egyptian kickboxing Federation, launched an initiative dubbed “No to Harassment,” to arm over 1000 young women from 27 governorates with self-... Read more
Medical and film industries join forces to fight gender-based violence
Because film can play an important role in shifting norms and changing behaviors, UNFPA partnered with the National Council for Women (NCW), MedFest... Read more
Y-PEER concludes TOT workshop on population topics
Because it relies on peer-to-peer education, Y-PEER held a 5-day training of trainers (ToT) workshop in cooperation with the Egyptian Family Planning Association, tackling different population issues... Read more
UNFPA, National Council for Women to inaugurate two more “anti-violence” units in Benha University
The National Council for Women (NCW) and UNFPA are inaugurating two more units to combat violence against women in the Benha University campus, one for students to report incidents of violence and... Read more
LMIS workshops bring together family planning sector staff from different governorates
For Dr. Ahmed Ghurab, director of Family Planning in the Ismailia governorate, developing creative activities and suggestions to address the problems facing the contraceptives supply chain is... Read more
Mobile clinic achievements
The Ministry of Health and Population's mobile clinics toured 20 governorates in September, with UNFPA and support from the European Union in Egypt. The convoys promoted rights-based family planning... Read more