Safe Cities Programme Brief

The Cairo Safe City and Safe Public Spaces programme was launched in 2011 and is one of the founding programmes of the Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Global Flagship initiative. Cities participating in UN Women’s global flagship initiative commit to ensuring that women and girls are socially, economically, and politically empowered in public spaces that are free from sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence.

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Safe Cities Corporate Brief

Bibliographic information

Geographic coverage: Arab States/North Africa Egypt

Subject areas: Ending violence against women and girls Gender equality and women’s empowerment

Publication year

2018

Publishing entity/ies: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

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