CAIRO — Facebook announced on Dec. 17 a partnership and cooperation initiative with Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) to spread awareness about the protection of women on the giant social media platform.

The initiative, titled “Women’s Safety Resources,” includes the use of online material such as GIFs, cartoons and videos in a bid to raise awareness among female users on how to manage and adjust their Facebook privacy settings and block anyone who engages in violence against women.

Maya Morsy, NCW head, said in a Dec. 17 statement on her Facebook page that the council focuses on fighting violence against women in all forms, adding that social media has become a means to practice “violence in its various forms such as harassment, bullying and blackmail, among others. The partnership [with Facebook] aims to spread awareness among women on how to protect themselves from all the forms of violence practiced against them through Facebook.”

Morsy stressed the importance of such partnerships to ensure women’s protection while using Facebook and to raise awareness about the importance of privacy settings.