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A rights-based approach to accessing health determinants
1University of Toronto, Canada. fran.perkins@sympatico.ca
Global Health Promotion
|March 12, 2009
Summary
El-Shehab Institution
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Human Rights
- Community Development
Background:
- Vulnerable women in Cairo, including displaced and refugees, face significant marginalization.
- Access to basic services like clean water and sanitation is a major challenge in marginalized communities.
- El-Shehab Institution addresses these issues through a rights-based approach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize learnings from a site visit to El-Shehab Institution's drop-in centre.
- To highlight the institution's successful strategies for supporting vulnerable women and marginalized communities.
- To showcase an effective model for achieving access to basic health determinants.
Main Methods:
- Site visit to a drop-in centre for vulnerable women in Cairo.
- Observation of street outreach activities for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention.
- Analysis of a rights-based and individual-based human rights approach.
Main Results:
- The centre provides essential services and support to marginalized women.
- El-Shehab successfully advocates for community access to clean water, sewerage, and electricity.
- In one year, 67 women regained marriage rights through legal support.
Conclusions:
- El-Shehab's rights-based approach is effective in improving health determinants for vulnerable populations.
- The institution demonstrates a successful model for empowering marginalized women and communities.
- This approach can be replicated to enhance access to basic rights and services.
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