What we do in Egypt

Protection from violence – thrive

Plan International Egypt:

Works in collaboration with the government to advance and establish national and community protection structures and processes to ensure children and young people – particularly girls and young women – can live a life free from violence.
Educates and raises awareness across entire communities, so that children – particularly girls – and their parents, understand child rights, forms of abuse and how to use reporting channels and implement protective behaviours.
Prevents and responds to violence against girls and women and harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM), addressing the root causes behind the discrimination that girls and women face, such as gender stereotypes, and harmful social norms.

We:

Provide young people, especially young women, with business development and skills training so they may strengthen and develop the skills they need to become independent and thrive.
Facilitate rehabilitation activities for youths who have fallen into negative habits and deter others from engaging in harmful behaviours through vocational skills training and entrepreneurship activities.
Encourage young people to develop their understanding of financial management and additional income generating activities, such as savings groups.
Adopt a green economy perspective and support young people to develop and implement environmentally friendly businesses models, while working with the private sector to promote further green approaches in their work environment and processes.

We:

Are diversifying and strengthening our SRHR resources by developing creative and interactive digital learning tools on reproductive health rights.
Are developing a menstruation personal hygiene management programme, targeting multiple groups within communities.
Are expanding our engagement with parents and caregivers through awareness raising activities and programmes that promote positive parenting as part of SRHR education.
Continue to build the capacity of young people to be supporters of reproductive health rights in their communities using different media platforms.

We:

Support children and young people to be effective leaders of change by strengthening youth initiatives, groups, networks, and associations.
Create safe spaces for critical reflection, action-based learning, and adaptive thinking.
Support young to people to become advocates for change, by developing an organisational approach that will help us to link the efforts of local youth advocates with regional and global change.
Adopt a holistic multi-stakeholder approach to working with children and youth, parents and caregivers, community members and leaders, media, and government representatives.

We:

Provide programmes that are appropriate to different groups’ capacities and specific situations, giving special attention to the most vulnerable groups, and prioritising support to girls.
Invest in the knowledge and skills of children, adolescents, and youth (CAY), their families and communities, to enhance their disaster and risk preparedness and resilience; increasing protection of girls and young women before, during, and after emergencies/crises.
Enhance the capabilities of CAY, especially girls and young women to play an active role in disaster and risk management decision-making processes and response.
Are scaling up Plan Egypt’s work to include different vulnerable groups such as African refugees and immigrants.