Integral Development Action of Minya (IDAM)

Category: Local Organization
Target groups: Villagers in working communities (15 villages)
Main field: Social, economic and legal empowerment; health awareness; education
Setting: rural
Year founded: 1986
Brief Description: IDAM oversees various projects and programs in several fields, such as economic empowerment, health care, education,and  social rights. It especially focuses on working with disadvantaged male and female villagers. IDAM provides spaces for meeting with villagers, such as youth, women, farmers, and its leaders. It organizes and holds activities within these spaces and technically and financially supports training programs in cooperation with media, government agencies, or outsourced consultants.

Main Activity:

Research projects, seminars, and legal and psychological support

Ongoing projects

Empowering female breadwinners (divorced, widowed, or abandoned wives only)

Past projects

A 12-year-long project to end all forms of discrimination against women, funded by the European Union

Future projects

Planning projects for female breadwinners