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List of Projects
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Projects (Detailed
Description)
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Ford
Foundation
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Implementing
Agency
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Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW)
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Title of
Project
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A Group Based Credit and Saving
Program
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Objectives of
Project
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The
main ADEW mission is to address the feminization of
poverty in Urban Egypt, specifically in the period of the
increasing phenomena of female-headed households, through
an advocacy campaign as well as through direct
intervention in selected poor communities in Cairo. The
objectives of the project include:
1)
increasing women's income and improving their livelihoods
2) equipping women
with technical skills related to marketing and product
development
3) helping local women in identifying market
opportunities
4) encouraging women to work collectively
and reflect on the problem of the situation
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Type of
Project
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Action oriented
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Activities of
the Project/
Method of
Implementation
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The
past and current activities of the project include credits
and loans, assisting the community members to act as a
group to save the money in a fund and to link the
community organizers with other people
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Duration
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1989-ongoing
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Female-headed households
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Area of
Implementation
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Governorate: Cairo and Giza governorates (Manshiyat Nasser
and Ayat districts and intend to be extended to other
areas).
Region: Urban
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Dutch
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Administered.
Partnership in Development Research: an International
Programme
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Implementing
Agency
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Social Research Center, AUC
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Title of
Project
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Female Headed Household and the
Development
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Objectives of
Project
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Proposing solutions for one the most important problems
facing women in Egypt
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Type of
Project
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Policy oriented
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Activities of
the Project/ Method of Implementation
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Data
collection
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Duration
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2000-2001
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Mothers, Widowed and Divorced
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Area of
Implementation
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Governorate: Cairo- Menia- Sohag
Region: Urban and Rural
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Oxfam and Ford Foundation
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Implementing
Agency
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Environmental Quality International (EQI) and the Garbage
Collectors' Association (El-Gami'eya)
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Title of
Project
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Income Generating Project for
Female-Headed Households
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Objectives of
Project
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Providing
female-headed households with loans and/or skills required
for starting and managing small income generating
enterprises
Drawing
women into networks of communication and information
concerning productive opportunities
Establishing
a cadre of trained female personnel from the settlement
capable of maintaining this program
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Type of
Project
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Action oriented
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Activities of
the Project/ Method of Implementation
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The
past activities of the project included credits and loans,
job opportunities and training
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Duration
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1986-1988
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Female-headed household
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Area of
Implementation
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1.
Governorates: Cairo Governorate
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Region: Urban.
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UNDP
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Implementing
Agency
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National Council for Women.
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Title of
Project
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Small Grants Programmes (Pilot
Project)
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Objectives of
Project
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Cooperation with the NGOs and local concils for improving
the financial situation of female headed household
in Egypt
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Type of
Project
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Action Oriented
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Activities of
the Project/ Method of Implementation
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Credits and loans, Training (providing grants, development
the skills).
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Duration
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2000-
ongoing
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Female Headed Household
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Area of
Implementation
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Governorate: Qualybia-Wadi El Gadid (Tentative)
Region: Urban-Rural
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SPAAC
and Ford Foundation
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Implementing
Agency
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Social Research Center (SRC)
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Title of
Project
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Street Food Vendors Project: Model
of Empowerment of the Working Poor
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Objectives of
Project
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To
establish a model of empowerment of the working poor
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Type of
Project
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Research and action oriented
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Activities of
the Project/
Method of
Implementation
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Data
collection and analysis, credits and loans, provision of
materials supplies, establishing advocacy to face the
government
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Duration
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1986
-1991 in Menya Governorate
1993-
1996 in Cairo Governorate
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Street food vendors (2590 are female-headed households in
Cairo)
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Area of
Implementation
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1.
Governorates: Cairo and El Menya
2.
Region: Urban
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Ford
Foundation
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Implementing
Agency
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The
Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW)
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Title of
Project
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Supporting Female-headed Households
in Poor Areas in the Economic, Technical and Legal Fields
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Objectives of
Project
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Provision of loans program and legal awareness
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Type of
Project
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Action oriented
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Activities of
the Project/ Method of Implementation
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The
past, current and planned activities of the project
include credits and loans, health education, job
opportunities, training and legal awareness
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Duration
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1987-ongoing
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Target
Beneficiaries
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Female-headed households, widows and
divorced women
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Area of
Implementation
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Cairo
governorate (Urban Region)
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UNDP
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Implementing
Agency
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Partners
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National Council of Women
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Title of
Project
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Support to the National Council for
Women
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Objectives of
Project
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1)Build and Strengthen the institutional capacity of the
NCW in order to advance and empower women .
2)Draft and improve the NCW National Plan for the
advancement of women.
3)Establish a mechanism to support NGO’s , CBO’s and grass
root organizations working in the field of women’s
political and economic empowerment
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Duration
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2000-2003
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Target
Beneficiaries
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The
national staff of the NCW & NCW focal points in
miniseries
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Media Personnel, Religious Leaders, NGO’s
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Female- headed HOUSE-HOLDS who will set up small
businesses through the SGP
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Women involved in Politics and women voters
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Area of
Implementation
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Cairo
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