El Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation
of Victims of Violence
El Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence is an Egyptian NGO formed in 1993 and dedicated to combating torture and providing support for its victims.
It does this by offering treatment and rehabilitation to torture survivors. The Center also provides medical statements and testimony for survivors taking cases before various bodies. In collaboration with other orgaizations concerned with eliminating the practice of torture to mobilize to address the factors underlying the practice of torture.
In addition, the Center has a program which specifically addresses violence against women through providing counselling an maintaining two 24 hour hotlines.
With regard to refugees, not only are the Center's services available to refugees who have been victims of torture, the Center has also participated in trainings for UNHCR staff.
El Nadim Center is a member of the AMAN network for centers working in the rehabilitation of victims of torture in the Middle East and North Africa, the International Rehabilitation Center of Torture (IRCT), Salma: An Arab group addressing violence against women and the World Psychiatric Association (WPA).
Contacts:
3 A Soliman El Halabi street from Ramsis street
Phone: +20 2 5787089
Fax: +202 5755953, +202 5795035
E-mail: nadeem@link.net
Web: www.hrinfo.net/egypt/nadeem
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