Press Releases
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IOM Egypt Marks World Health Day with Awareness-raising Sessions on Depression
Cairo, 20 April 2017 - IOM Egypt organized a series of awareness raising sessions on depression from 9–20 April to mark World Health Day (7 April), which this year, had the theme: Depression: let’s talk.
Topics: Awareness, Depression, Health -
IOM Egypt, UN, Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Francophone Embassies Celebrate International Sport Day
Cairo, 24 April 2017 – To mark both the International Day of Sport for Peace and Development and the International Francophonie Day, a celebration was held in Cairo that included a football match between the UN family and Francophone embassies in Egypt.
Topics: Community Cohesion, SDGs, Sport -
IOM, CAPMAS Launch New Migration Data Analysis Unit in Egypt
Cairo, 11 April 2017 - On 6 April, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and IOM launched a new Migration Data Analysis Unit.
Topics: CAPMAS, Data, Labour Mobility -
IOM DG in Cairo Expresses Solidarity after Terror Attack
Cairo, 10 April 2017 - IOM Director General William Lacy Swing yesterday (09/04) met with the Prime Minister of Egypt, Sherif Ismail, during his one-day visit to Cairo, where he attended the opening of the 44th session of the Arab Labour Conference.
Topics: Assistance, IOM DG, Solidarity -
Migrants Receive Tailored Services for International Women’s Day
Cairo, 27 March 2017 - In celebration of International Women’s Day, IOM Egypt has organized a month long series of events culminating in a health event on 23 March 2017 to offer free gynecological consultations and referrals to cancer screening services.
Topics: Health, NOAH, Women -
IOM Trains Egyptian Officials on Labour Market Forecasting
Cairo, 26 March 2017 - IOM this week (19/03) launched the second in a series of trainings on migration data collection and analysis at Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
Topics: CAPMAS, Data, Labour Migration -
IOM Egypt Opens Migration Health Assessment Centre
Cairo, 21 March 2017 - IOM Egypt opened its migration health assessment centre (MHAC) on March 16th to provide full health assessments to refugees and migrants migrating from Egypt.
Topics: Health, MHAC, Resettlement -
IOM Egypt, Embassy of Philippines Hold Health Awareness-Raising Event in Cairo
Cairo, 18 March 2017 - IOM Egypt and the Embassy of the Philippines in Cairo recently held (17/03) a health awareness-raising event for approximately 100 Filipina women migrants and their children.
Topics: Awareness, Cooperation, Health -
IOM Facilitates Study Visit to Germany for Egyptian Government Officials
Cairo, 14 March 2017 – IOM facilitated a two-day (13-14/3) study visit to Berlin, Germany, for seven Egyptian government officials. The objective was to help them to better mainstream migration data into national development plans.
Topics: CAPMAS, Data, Mainstreaming -
Egyptian Officials Trained on Identifying, Investigating Cases of Human Trafficking, Smuggling
Cairo, 10 March 2017 - IOM organized a four-day training on Migration and Human Rights in the context of human trafficking and migrant smuggling for 20 law enforcement officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Interior.
Topics: Capacity Building, Counter-Smuggling, Counter-Trafficking