Diversity & Equality
Cooperative of SEKEM Employees | Our Values | Empowering Women & Gender Strategy | Diversity & Equality Everyone’s Got Individual Skills. Everyone Deserves a Chance. As a general principle we …
Our Values
Cooperative of SEKEM Employees | Our Values | Empowering Women & Gender Strategy | Diversity & Equality SEKEMs Code of Conduct – Values that Matter The SEKEM Code of Conduct …
Let’s Break the Patterns
Smiling faces, bright eyes and confident girls: It was the Girls’ Day, the huge event, which SEKEM traditionally holds every March 8 on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. …
After Hassan Fathy and Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish Egyptian Mozn Hassan receives Alternative Nobel Prize
The Egyptian feminist Mozn Hassan and her organization “Nazra for Feminist Studies” receive the 2016 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. After the Egyptian architect Hassan …
Societal Life Sustainability Report 2015
SEKEM unifies everything that is related to the relationship between people, community and society in the dimension of Societal Life. In 2015, SEKEM experienced a flourishing Societal Life, which is a consequence of the intertwining circles within SEKEMs wonderful network of partners and supporters. Generally, the societal year 2015 was strongly focusing on gender equality.
Societal Life
Cooperative of SEKEM Employees | Our Values | Empowering Women & Gender Strategy | Diversity & Equality Promoting a Peaceful Society Through Diversity and Equality Respect and dignity for every …
SEKEM is Committed to all Sustainability Goals of the United Nations
At the beginning of this year the United Nations published the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), whereby the sustainable development on the levels of economic, societal and ecologic should be ensured until …
Communication and Leadership Skills Training for SEKEM Co-Workers
As a follow up on trainings with female workers from the two SEKEM companies ISIS Organic and NatureTex in 2015 in the context of the project “Empowering Women for a …
Bonds Between People are Like Land Carrying Society
“…creating land where mankind is living together in social forms reflecting human dignity.” “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” A quote by the anthropologist Margaret Mead …
People in SEKEM: Walaa Mohamed
Although she seems to be in her early twenties, something serious and certain lies in her lovely smile. Walaa Mohamed, a young employee working at NatureTex, SEKEMs company for Organic textiles, …
People in SEKEM: Boshra Elwan
When entering the facilities of ISIS Organic, SEKEMs company for Organic food and beverages, you will find, most probably, a confident, active and smiling woman around. This is Boshra Elwan, Quality …
Female Carpenters and Male Kindergarten Teachers: SEKEM Celebrated Girls’ Day
On March 8, the international women’s day, SEKEM organized for the second time a special event for girls and boys as well, referring to gender equality in working life. “One …
People in SEKEM: Hanem Mahmoud Youssef
Hanem Mahmoud is the first woman managing one of the departments in SEKEMs Vocational Training Center. “I appreciate that everything in SEKEM is connected somehow and arts play an essential …
Celebrating 38 Years of Sustainable Development
Friends, partners and guests from all over the world came to SEKEM on October 29 to celebrate the initiative’s 38th anniversary. Young and old, people from east and west, farmers …
A society with two wings – SEKEM celebrates Equality
On the 13th of September SEKEM launched its Gender Strategy for a Balanced Society in an official event with a lot of high profile guests and emotional speeches. When entering …
SEKEM’s Annual Spring Festival Inspired by “Economy of Love”
On a sunny day, SEKEM celebrated the 2019 Spring Festival, the commemoration of the birthday of Ibrahim Abouleish, founder of SEKEM. This year SEKEM especially dedicated the annual festival to …
Cultural Life – Sustainability Report 2016
Many friends visited SEKEM in 2016 and enriched SEKEMs Cultural Life. While the yearly SEKEM Autumn Festival was characterized by different dance performances the second regular big SEKEM celebration, SEKEMs Spring Festival, fascinated by an enriching musical program. SEKEMs holistic cultural approach, focused in 2016 especially to the youngest generation.
People in SEKEM: Rania Abdelaziem
At work, she never arrives with a grumpy face. Her colleagues know that she always smiles, also when being exhausted, stressed or overloaded at work. “I have to smile at …
SDG 3: For Human Happiness and Well-Being
The rising population and structural weaknesses of the public healthcare system challenge Egypt’s health care situation. The public health service is both underfunded and understaffed. Egypt lacks well-trained nursing staff …
Cultural Life Sustainability Report 2015
Many friends visited SEKEM in 2015 and enriched SEKEMs Cultural Life. While the yearly SEKEM Autumn Festival was characterized by different dance performances the second regular big SEKEM celebration, SEKEMs Spring Festival, fascinated by an enriching musical program. SEKEMs holistic cultural approach, focused in 2015 especially to the youngest generation.