Egypt
The Association Youth Today for Society Development works on the issues of poverty reduction and economic empowerment for poor girls and women in Egypt. It works mainly through the establishment of a micro-finance platform to help poor people financing their small projects.
Their objectives are:
1. Poverty reduction and promoting wome's economic and social empowerment.
2. To facilitate the access to collective funding to address poverty issues.
3. To generate growth through empowering women.
4. To empower marginalized groups, especially women, in poor, slum and unplanned areas.
5. The elimination of all forms of discrimination between citizens on the basis of religion, gender, race, etc.
6. To provide basic services to the inhabitants of poor and slum areas.
Address : 8, Riad Street. Helwan, 11277 ,Egypt
Adress email : amanyeltoukhey@yahoo.com
Website : https://www.euromedwomen.foundation/pg/profile/amanyeltoukhey
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
Founding Members