The National Council for Women, in collaboration with the Public Prosecution and the United Nations Population Fund, organized a training workshop on crimes of violence against women.
This workshop was designed for case managers, lawyers, and social and psychological specialists at the Women’s Complaints Office, making them an integral part of our efforts.
Amal Abdel Moneim, Director of the Women’s Complaints Office, Counselor Ahmed El-Naggar, Head of the Appeals and Counselor of the Anti-Violence Against Women Unit at the Council, a group of Judicial Inspection Counselors, the Criminal Research and Training Institute, and the Human Rights Department at the Public Prosecution attended the three-day workshop.
The workshop was opened by Amal Abdel Moneim, who stressed that the workshop comes within the framework of the office’s ongoing plan to develop and enhance the capabilities and skills of the office’s work team responsible for providing support to women, whether they visit it or call the advice line.
She expressed her happiness with the partnership with the Egyptian Public Prosecution and the transfer of her expertise to support the capabilities of the office’s staff. She reviewed the national referral system for crimes of violence against women and the role of the Women’s Complaints Office in it.
The Public Prosecution advisors reviewed the topics of women’s rights within the human rights system and relevant international agreements, crimes of violence against women under the Penal Code such as indecent assault, rape, exposure, kidnapping, abortion, female circumcision, crimes of violence against women as a form of human trafficking such as sexual exploitation, the psychology of dealing with women who are victims of violence, legal procedures to protect and assist victims of human trafficking, especially women and children, and the role of the Public Prosecution and relevant authorities in this regard, crimes of violence against women under the Information Technology Law and digital evidence in these crimes, in addition to addressing crimes of psychological and economic violence such as discrimination, bullying and deprivation of inheritance.
