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About Us

تعمل منظمة بداية على حقوق الأفراد ذوي التوجهات الجنسية والهويات والتعبيرات الچندرية والخصائص الجنسية المختلفة في مصر، تأسست في 14 يوليو 2010


Our story started more than 13 years ago, and we are still fighting...

Bedayaa Organization works to promote sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics rights in Egypt, established on July 14, 2010

رؤيتنا

مجتمع خالٍ من الوصم والتمييز، يحترم حقوق الأفراد ذوي الهويات الجنسية والتوجهات الجنسية المختلفة في مصر.

Our vision

A society, which is free of stigmatization and discrimination, that respects the rights of individuals with different gender identities and sexual orientations in Egypt.

مهمتنا

خلق مساحة لأفراد مجتمع الميم .ع+ في جمهورية مصر العربية حيث يمكنهم/ن التواصل وتبادل الخبرات والوصول للخدمات القانونية والصحية

Our mission

Create spheres for the LGBTQIA+ community in Egypt, where they can communicate, exchange experiences, and access legal and health services.

قيمنا

عدم التمييز- احترام حقوق الانسان - العدل - النزاهة - المحاسبة

Our values

No discrimination - Respect human rights - Equity - Integrity - Accountability

الأهداف

+تسهيل الوصول إلى الخدمات الصحية لمجتمع الميم.ع

+تفعيل خدمات الحماية والمساعدة القانونية لمجتمع الميم.ع

+بناء قدرات أعضاء ونشطاء/ات مجتمع الميم.ع

المناصرة من أجل تعطيل وإلغاء القوانين التمييزية ضد الافراد ذوي الهويات الجندرية والتوجهات الجنسية المختلفة

رفع مستوى الوعي بقضايا حقوق مجتمع الميم.ع+ من خلال الحملات الإعلامية والضغط والمناصرة

Objectives

Facilitating access to health services for LGBTQIA+ persons.
Enable protection and legal aid services for LGBTQIA+ Persons.
Building capacity of the LGBTQIA+ community members and activists. Advocating to challenge/abolish the discriminative laws based on SOGIESC. Raising awareness on SOGIESC rights issues through campaigning and lobbyin.

Our Story

We've loved every minute of our journey

2010

An Idea is Born

Bedayaa organization started to work on LGBT+ issues in Egypt and Sudan.

2012

The Egyptian day against homophobia and transphobia is invented by Bedayaa in the memorial of Queen Boat incident were 52 gay men got arrested in 2001 based on their sexual orientation. in may, 2012 was the first commemoration and continued to happen every year.

2014

Training and Capacity Building program has been born to empower, educate and raise awareness among LGBTQIA+ community members.

2016

Legal Aid project (LAP) was started, the project provide legal intervention and advice to LGBTQIA+ community in Egypt. which later evolved to became one of the most important program in Bedayaa.

2017

Bedayaa Organization received the Human Rights Defenders Prize of the French Republic 2017.

2018

The launch of Queer Women in Egypt Project (Q-WEP). The project create a safe space for Queer Women. Also, launch of Nada's Diaries a comic series about daily life of a lesbian woman in Egypt.

2019

The Health Program has been developed to include STIs counselling and rapid testing for HIV along with the psychological support.