“SOUT to Support Women’s Rights” is an Egyptian Legal initiative consisting of a group of young women interested in gender issues. The initiative was established in 2016, concerned with working on marginalized women, survivors, activists and battered women to convey their voices to public opinion and to form support and advocacy fronts with relevant feminist and human rights initiatives in Egypt.
The Initiative is aiming to raise women voice by spreading the community awareness towards women’s issues and support the path of transitional justice to redress the harm of victims and promote Gender Equality.

Recently, the initiative launched the first version of an Interactive Map containing locations and addresses of all the announced Agencies, under the sector of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, that provide legal, social, psychological and technical assistance to abused women all over the country. The map is being updated periodically to cover all the Egyptian provinces.

Link to the Interactive Map.

SOUT initiative is adapting the values of:

• Justice and transparency.
• Respecting privacy and confidentiality of victims and survivors data and the safety of SOUT teamwork.
• Commitment, as the initiative is committed to making efforts to amplify the voice of women and help them.
• Monitoring legislation and public policies related to women and their impact’s extent on their working lives.
• Networking with other organizations and initiatives within the framework of supporting gender and promoting human rights.
• Providing legal support to women and girls in cases of violence, harassment and physical violence in work places.
• Organizing workshops and awareness sessions on the necessary legal procedures in case of exposure to electronic harassment and extortion.
• Organizing storytelling and support sessions for women and girls, and striving to provide them with a suitable environment.

Linktree to “SOUT” to support Women’s Rights” platforms