مؤسسة حياه للتنمية والدمج المجتمعي Development and community integration
Within the framework of the Mobility for Knowledge project funded by the Analinda Foundation, which is a comparative research study between the countries of Egypt and Finland on the forms and methods of confronting the issue of violence against women.
#ALFinMOTION, #AnnaLindh_Foundation #Mobility_Programme #Mobility_for_Knowledge The Life Foundation, represented by its director, Ms. Nermin Al-Bahtiti, received the director of the Network of Women of Believers, Religions for Peace in Finland, Ms. Heidi Rotunmaa, for a week in Egypt. The Religions for Peace Finland network consists of women from different cultural, religious and other world backgrounds in Finland and is part of the RfP network, a European institution committed in the spirit of friendship to work together to promote spiritual values, social justice and peace for an inclusive Europe. The Finnish network has more than 10 years of experience in promoting gender equality. Heidi Rautionmaa, Head of the RfP Network in Finland has long experience in dialogue work (https://enorb.eu/heidi-rautionmaa-bio) Heidi has attended as a speaker at numerous seminars on promoting gender equality and active participation of women. Heidi has worked as a journalist for 25 years.
She wrote three books on dialogue between cultures and religions. She is a PhD student at the University of Helsinki and a teacher in worldview dialogue and peace education. Heidi organized digital storytelling workshops among different groups.
Life Foundation for Development and Community Inclusion works to support women exposed to violence and has a hosting center to provide all support services, rebuild lives, and create new opportunities and rehabilitation for women in Egypt, through art and social media, enhancing the democratic skills of partners, and creating new networks and jobs in the field of reintegration. woman. Giving females greater confidence and increased knowledge. The Foundation carries out exhibitions of handmade book artworks and shares the unique working style of partners, casting a wider network for broader intercultural dialogue.
Lfdci works through a system of rehabilitation and community integration programs to rebuild women’s lives and integrate them into society. The research represents an addition for both parties to support women’s issues between Egypt and Finland through dialogue, as the report of the Ministry of the Interior in Finland for the year 2018 indicates that women with disabilities and women of foreign origins are exposed to violence two or three times more than women in the general population and that the risk of women of foreign origins falling victim to violence. A foreigner is their victim. Rape is nearly twice as common as it is for women in the general population. Egypt also suffers from the spread of domestic violence, as statistics indicate that a larger number of cases of violence against women are recorded annually, distributed across most of the governorates of the Republic. The kinship relationship between the perpetrators and the victims played a close role, as most cases of violence came from relatives of various degrees, at a rate of 61.6%, with a number of 130 cases. Out of a total of 211 cases during the year 2022. The Egyptian Household Health Survey issued by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in 2022 indicates that about a third of ever-married women aged 15-49 have been exposed to some form of violence by their husbands, and women within the family are exposed to physical violence at a rate of 25%. 22% are exposed to psychological violence and about 6% are exposed to sexual violence. Through the hosting program, which lasted a week from December 5 to December 12, 2023, where a number of meetings were held with consultants and specialists in the field of domestic violence and dialogue. The Embassy of Finland was also visited, where a meeting was held with Mrs. Birgit Autere, Deputy Head of Mission, Deputy Head of the Finnish Mission in Egypt (Deputy Ambassador), to present the results of the study, which will later be presented as a project to be implemented during the year 2024, based on that comparative research study. This comparative study will appear as a research study for dissemination and documentary visual content for dissemination of women’s narratives and Zoom meetings about the experiences of women from both countries, and highlights the importance of peer support spaces as a key site of growth and recovery for women experiencing these experiences. Highlights the importance of giving women Living experience is a space to share their experiences and express their opinions about the support available to them. We show the power of women coming together and this work stresses the importance of listening to women, appreciating their strength and recognizing their resilience and the ways they can emerge from a violent situation. Where successful stories from different cultures were followed and monitored to be recorded in order to share them to learn from each other and about what things women have in common and how they can provide support to each other and solidarity? What are the lessons learned in these two countries when women are in dialogue?
A detailed report on the visit will be published later, and comparative research on the escalation of violence and confrontation mechanisms between the countries of Egypt and Finland will be published.
