UNFPA Distributes Dignity Kits to Women, Girls Feeling Violance Sudan

UNFPA Egypt revealed that it is distributing 20,000 Dignity Kits to women and girls arriving from Sudan, fleeing clashes that had started in April, in collaboration with the Swiss Development Cooperation and the European Union. 

According to a statement, the Dignity Kits are being distributed at the UNFPA-operated Safe Spaces in Aswan and Giza.

Since the crisis erupted, UNFPA Egypt has supported women and girls from Sudan and third-country nationals through the Women and Girls Safe Spaces with comprehensive gender-based violence against women and girls services and reproductive health services.

UNFPA, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, operates 11 Safe Spaces in six governorates in Egypt, offering comprehensive GBV services for refugee women and girls, including case management services, mental health, and psychosocial support services, emergency housing, legal and medical services, reproductive health services, cash assistance as well as vocational skills training.

The kits contain necessary items such as menstrual pads, underwear, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bath soaps, detergent, a whistle, slippers, sanitary wipes, bath towels, and toilet paper, as well as an information flyer with available contact information and services for refugees.

Along with the distribution of Dignity Kits, Safe Spaces conducts awareness-raising sessions on mental health and psychosocial support and gender-based violence against women and girls.

During the sessions, participants engage in different activities including writing and drawing activities to express their feelings and experiences since they arrived in Egypt.