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Building Egyptian Youth’s Civic Participation   
June 26, 2006—CEDPA was awarded nearly one million dollars from the U.S. Agency for International Development for the two-year Enabling Young People’s Civic Participation in Egypt project. Young Egyptians, who make up 70 percent of the country’s population, face social and economic challenges including high unemployment and widespread poverty. To provide youth with opportunities for positive civic engagement, CEDPA will work with Egypt's National Council for Youth and the council's youth centers. CEDPA will collaborate with the National Council for Youth to encourage young people’s participation in their communities and promote youth engagement in Egypt’s policy process in ten governorates. The project will reach 1200 young people, aged 20-24, through week-long leadership camps. The camps will educate participants in political and economic issues affecting their country and engage the young women and men in individual and group activities.
The project builds on 12 years of CEDPA’s work with Egyptian youth. CEDPA/Egypt improves the health, education and well-being of girls and young women through non-formal education programs and social mobilization efforts to increase women’s political participation and eradicate harmful practices including female genital mutilation. Critical to the success of these efforts is CEDPA’s work to engage boys and young men as key partners in supporting girls’ education, improving family reproductive health and backing women’s increased decision-making roles in communities and nations. Read more about CEDPA’s youth leadership work in Egypt. |
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CEDPA will strengthen the National Council for Youth’s youth center staff to help develop national and local youth networks. These networks will in turn advocate for youth issues and volunteer skills and services to build their communities. The network members will elect delegates to participate in a National Forum for Young Leaders and establish a charter and a strategy for their national efforts.
