Egypt

For nearly 40 years, Pathfinder has partnered with the Egyptial government to advance reproductive health and rights, economic opportunity, and social stability. Today, we’re building on this legacy—upholding the rights of young Egyptians, so they can choose their own paths forward. 

Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health 
Pathfinder has partnered with the government to train a national cadre of health workers, so more people in more places have access to the contraceptive services they need. We work to prevent child, early, and forced marriage by gaining buy-in from Egypt’s public and private sectors, including key ministers and religious leaders. We integrate family planning services into existing health services, integrating digital technology to improve access to and demand for reproductive health information and services.

Increasing Gender Equity and Including Youth 
Pathfinder has increased community support for family planning by transforming Primary Health Centers to Family Development Centers, where community members learn life skills and adopt gender equity norms. Pathfinder meaningfully engages youth and adolescents to design, adapt, and implement age-appropriate activities that speak to their needs and realities. By engaging men and boys, we promote positive norms around masculinity, while building community skills in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls. 

Increasing Economic Opportunity for Women
Pathfinder has increased women’s participation in the workforce by working with local companies to highlight and demonstrate business incentives for recruiting and retaining women. We have worked with private-sector firms and site managers to adopt and implement key policies that reduce unsafe working conditions, including combatting sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence. Pathfinder has engaged men and community leaders where women employees live to ensure gains made in the workplace are not lost outside of it. And, Pathfinder has provided women with digital financial services. This includes micro insurance, micro savings and wider usage of digital payments.

Women-Led Climate Resilience  
Pathfinder has deployed an integrated climate-health-gender equity program that reflects the interconnection between communities and their environments. We engaged women to spread awareness about the connections between climate change and health, building more climate-resilient communities. At the same time, we worked to create more climate-resilient health systems through a green clinics initiative that equipped clinic staff with needed information about climate shocks and promoted green practices within those clinics and surrounding communities.