"Helmik Beidik, Your Dream is in your Hand" is a groundbreaking collaboration between UZHF and AAW to empower women in Egypt's most socially and economically vulnerable communities.
"Helmik Beidik" has:
- Changed perceptions of female sex workers by their communities in Egypt
- 6% would not agree for their daughters to undergo FGM
- 11% would not agree for their daughters to be married before 18
After the life-changing results of "Helmik Beidik", UZHF and AAW continued their efforts with Phoenix project to empower more disadvantaged communities with Ashoka Fellow Nawal Mostafa and her organization Children of Female Prisoners Association (CFPA). Nawal’s organization was the first in Egypt to work with impoverished female prisoners.
The project directly benefited 40 stigmatized women ex-prisoners and indirectly reached 200+ individuals. "Phoenix" has:
- Equipped 40 ex-prisoner women with vocational skills and tools to start their businesses
- Supported 40 ex-prisoner women with psychosocial support and helped them deal with societal stress
- Launched a brand with a sales outlet to market women's products
- Increased the monthly income of women ex-prisoners by an average of 45%
- Supported CFPA in scaling out its impact and strengthening its capacity
"Helmik Beidik" and "Phoenix "projects are part of WISE, founded by Dr. Iman Bibars and led by the Ashoka Arab World. WISE seeks a better world that empowers women and girls as changemakers by redefining definitions of success.