The National Council for Women (NCW), represented by the Women’s Complaints Office (WCO), in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry at Al-Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University, and collaboration with UN Women Egypt and the European Union Delegation to Egypt, launched the first specialized professional training program for psychosocial support and case management for service providers.
The program falls within the framework of the national efforts to continue to strengthen the services provided to women through the national referral system to support women survivors, and within the efforts to implement the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030, focusing on the protection pillar which aims to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
The launching event took place at the Faculty of Medicine in Al-Kasr Alainy- the academic institution in charge of offering comprehensive theoretical and practical studies- and was attended by Manal Al-Masry, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University; Noha Sabry, Head of Integrative Psychiatric Unit at the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Kasr Alainy, Cairo University; Amal Abdel Moneim, Director of the Women’s Complaints Office at the NCW; and Salma Nasser; Ending Violence against Women Program Specialist at UN Women.
During the event, Ms. Amal Abdel Moneim confirmed that the launch of this training program marks the culmination of great efforts that have been exerted over the past four years. She added that this training is the first of its kind in Egypt and will be offered to case managers across all governorates to equip them with the necessary skills to prepare trained professionals capable of offering psychological and social support to survivors, free of charge. She also highlighted that support will also be provided remotely (online), under the supervision of the Women’s Complaints Office, and cases that require medical attention will be referred to specialized doctors and psychiatrists, emphasizing the huge impact that COVID-19 had on many women and girls.
