Egyptian Center for Women's Rights
"ECWR was founded by 6 women in the Dar El Salaam neighborhood of Cairo in 1996 with the mission of providing direct legal aid to poor women and training them to know and claim their legal and political rights independently. ...
"A registered NGO with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Affairs, ECWR has a Board of Directors, Chaired by Nehad Abul Komsan, that meets regularly to guide the organization's programmatic and strategic decisions. We maintain our main office in the Hadayak El Maadi section of Cairo, a Legal Aid project office and a field office in North Giza. Our staff of 15 is comprised of trainers, lawyers and social workers, in addition to accountants, administrative and international relations staff. Our methods and achievements have earned us a spot on the World Bank's World's 10 Best Development Projects, as well as a diverse collection of over 800 local and 50 regional and international NGO partners and activists in 16 Arab and 10 African countries." [1]
- Hany Lotfy - Executive Director
Supporters
ECWR's work is made possible by the support of the following organizations: [2]
- European Union Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights Micro Projects
- National Endowment for Democracy
- World Bank
- Embassy of Finland
- Konrad Adenaur Foundation
- Global Fund for Women
- Swiss Catholic Lenten Funf
- Women Kind World With
- AIDOS
- COSPE
- Open Society Institute
- MEPI
- Netherlands Development Cooperation Section
- African Women's Development Fund
- Westminster
