Arab Alliance for Women

National Network
Egypt
Address

28, Adly Street, Appt. 74-75
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
+20 (0)2 3939899
Telephone (other)
+ 20(0) 3950911
Fax
+20 (0)2 3936820
E-Mail
aaw@link.net
E-Mail (2)
allianceforarabwomen@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone
+2 0122175188
Mobile Phone (other)
+2 0122123998
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
The Alliance for Arab Women is an NGO which was founded in 1986. It employs about 25 members of staff. It benefits from different sources of funding: membership dues, donations from individuals or organisations such as the Rotary and the Lion's Club, as well as contributions from international partners such as the British Embassy, the Dutch Government, USAid, GTZ (Germany).
Mission and Objectives

The Alliance works as an umbrella to a network of NGO's and cooperates with other organisations to provide women with basic human security through influencing policies and legislation and through providing relevant services and programs within the framework of human rights.

Main Projects / Activities

Areas of interets:
- Poverty. Aims at raising the level of well-being of poor families through accessing employment, training, job placement and small entreprises.
- Education. Works on increasing enrolment of children in schools, reducing drop-out from school, revising extra-curriculum activities, reducing illiteracy rate and creating a supportive community to the school.
- Health. Aims at providing access for women to health services and also at changing harmful health habits and practises.
- Public participation. Works on increasing women's participation in the decision-making process through encouraging them to join political parties and to run for elections as well helping them to acquire relevant skills in this field.
- Violence. Combats all kinds of violence affecting women through awareness raising and rehabilitation.
- Finally, organises meetings and conferences about issues related to the above topics as well as all sorts issues related to women.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Hoda Badran
Head of the organisation
Dr. Hoda Badran (President)
Contact (2) Full Name
Ms. Leila Abaza (Executive Director)