Ain Shams University’s participation in the Egyptian Women’s Conference and the Challenges of Violence and Exclusion within Local Communities

Under the care of Dr. Maya Morsi, President of the National Council for Women, under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed Diaa Zein Al-Abedeen, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Ghada Farouk, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, The Women’s Support and Anti-Violence Unit at Ain Shams University participated in the activities of the “Egyptian Women and the Challenges of Violence and Exclusion within Local Communities Conference” organized by the Governorate Committee and the Political Participation Committee of the National Council for Women within the framework of the 16 days to combat violence against women. woman.

Prof. Hind Al-Hilali, the Executive Director of the Women’s Support and Anti-Violence Unit at Ain Shams University, in her speech, expressed her happiness in being among an elite group of Egyptian women and students of all ages, stressing that this creates within every girl social responsibility, political thought, and national belief.

She praised the university's effective role in supporting unity, building students' skills in confronting crises and violence, and developing their social, health, and economic knowledge to achieve their full empowerment within their families, communities, and countries.

She explained the role of the unit in supporting male and female students to create a safe educational environment on campus and learning about the training courses and workshops offered by the unit to develop female students’ psychological and physical capabilities and overcome crises and negative feelings resulting from their exposure to violence and bullying by providing means of protection for male and female students, whether inside or outside the country. The university campus, in addition to conducting convoys and health awareness campaigns for students to learn about common diseases, how to detect disease, and ways of protection through specialists and consultants.

On the sidelines of the conference activities, the students of the unit briefly presented the services provided by the unit to spread awareness and introduce the role of the unit, in addition to the students of “Ifmse” Egypt, based at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, explaining their volunteer role in the Women’s Support and Anti-Violence Unit in medical convoys and various health initiatives within Ain Shams University. Sun and beyond.

In the presence of Prof. Dalia Hussein Fahmy, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the Faculty of Specific Education, Professor of Arabic Music, and Head of the Department of Music Education, Representative Sanaa Al-Saeed, Dr. Siham Jibril, Director of the Governorate Committee of the National Council for Women, Representative Souad Al-Gazzar, Representative Maysa Atwa, and a group of the unit’s work team of specialists and student volunteers at the Women’s Support and Anti-Violence Unit at Ain Shams University.