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Tamkeen for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Community Development and Training in Sohag

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Education and training of women Human rights of women Research Women and health
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Country of activity:	Algeria Jordan Bahrain United Arab Emirates Libya Lebanon Syrian Arab Republic Morocco Egypt Iraq Oman State of Palestine Kuwait
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women
Mission statement:	Right and Access for Women to Safe Abortion in the MENA region (RAWSA MENA) believes that every woman has the right to make decisions regarding her body as well as have access to sexual and reproductive health services and facilities without being prosecuted, humiliated, discriminated and/or imprisoned. is a network that brings together women rights advocates, researchers, journalists, lawyers, and gender experts for regional advocacy to create transformation in the policies and laws related to SRHR in support of the right to access sexual and reproductive health and rights. Over the past two years, RAWSA MENA has expanded its network to include members and focal points from almost all countries in the region, from Morocco to Oman as well as develop its large resource of knowledge products such as reports on the legal, social, and economic context of SRHR and abortion as well as on the impact of COVID-19 on SRHR in the MENA region. In addition to research on the possible future of SRHR telemedicine hotline in the region and a webinar on “Awareness and advocacy for the access to safe abortion services – for health providers".
Year established:	2019
Year of registration:	2015
Organizational structure:	6 secretariat members (including 2 partnership interns and a finance manager) 5 steering committee members with policy and constitution A network of focal points in each Middle Eastern and North African country in the region. Members of the network present in almost all MENA countries, including Sudan and Turkey.
Number and type of members:	167 A combination of organization and individual members.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Al-Muntada
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Grants from Governments

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