Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance

The Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) is a leading Egyptian women’s lawyers group, founded in 1995 to advance women’s rights through the law. They provide legal aid, mainly to impoverished women, and advocate against female genital mutilation (FGM), ‘honour crimes’, and discriminatory divorce laws.

Grant History

SRT has supported CEWLA since 2006.
Current grant: £120,000 over 3 years
Grant Start: 1st November 2011

Website: http://www.cewla.org/

Located in: Egypt
Working in: Egypt

Programme: Women's Rights: Legal & Other