Brief on Programme “Safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls. Ending Violence against Women: survivor centered approach” funded by USAID Egypt

The UN Women programme was launched in 2013 in partnership with the National Council for Women (NCW) as the main coordinating government counterpart. In 2015, the programme expanded to five governorates: Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Minya and Beni Suef. The programme contributed to nationally led enhanced policy and legal frameworks, strengthened capacities of national stakeholders and CSOs, and equipping communities with the knowledge and tools to confront violence against women. Prevention-oriented, survivor-centered, and locally specific interventions were carried out in partnership with the NCW, the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Giza and Cairo Governorates, international and local civil society organizations (CSOs).