• ADEW: An Arab Feminist Blog

    Welcome to ADEW's blog. We explore the stories and issues women in Egyptian squatter communities face daily, such as domestic violence, poverty and marginalization. We hope to explore the ways our community can empower these women, and create a lasting impact in their lives.
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أنا اسمى نعيمة و عندى 16 سنة وخلصت سنة تالتة إعدادى ، بس أنا خرجت من المدرسة عشان أساعد ماما فى البيت ، عشان أنا البنت الكبيرة فى اخواتى ، وماما كانت بتتعب أوى من خدمتنا كلنا مع شغلها فى المحل . معنديش وقت عشان ادخل فصول محو الأمية أو عشان اتعلم الخياطة أو أى فصول ممكن اتعلم منها . أنا بابتدى اشتغل من الصبح بدرى لغاية باليل متأخر . عندى ست اخوات ولاد و بنات أعمارهم مختلفة . شوية منهم بيروحوا المدرسة وأنا باحضر لهم الفطار الصبح وباساعدهم فى اللبس . شوية من اخواتى كمان بيشتغلوا وأنا لازم برضه أحضرلهم الفطار . الباقيين بقى هما إللى أصغر منى وإللى أنا بأخلى بالى منهم طول اليوم . ويومى العادى بيمر عليا من تنضيف البيت ، للطبيخ والغسيل ورعاية اخواتى الصغيرين .


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    In the mid-1980s, a group of development professionals launched a pioneer micro-finance project in the community of traditional Cairene garbage collectors, Zaballeen. The project was the first of its kind in Egypt and was lauded for making credit accessible to a marginalized community that otherwise had no access to financial services. During the course of the project, the project organizers recognized a unique opportunity to replicate the project's success in additional low-income areas of Cairo. They networked with other development professionals and together identified a target group that was particularly vulnerable: low-income women of female-headed households. In 1987, these twenty men and women officially created the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW). The Association registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs as a private, voluntary, non-governmental organization, and the first ADEW office opened in the low-income area of Manshiet Nasser.