Under the auspices of Dr. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President, the University hosted the proceedings of a training program for raising national awareness from 13-14 September 2017. The program was organized by the National Council for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Centre for Studies and Research on Human Rights. Dr. Nabil Samuel, member of the NCW, Ms Sahar Abdel-Mawla, Chair, of NCW Assiut Branch, Isis Mahmoud General Director of Training and Awareness, Christine Fekry, Administrative Coordinator of the University's Anti-Harassment Unit, Journalist Nashwa Al-Houfy, Member of the NCW, and a number Professors and participants have all attended the program which hosted about 150 participants from Assiut and Sohag Governorates. In the opening session, Dr Nabil Samuel asserted that this campaign aims at forming one team of female preachers from Al-Awqaf and Church Nuns to work together and toll the ports to reach women at every small village and town. The purpose is to see women's problems and demands considering that women are the basic sources and partners in building the family and the entire nation.