Ending Female Genital Mutilation & Child Marriage in Kenya: A Call for Change
As a native of West Pokot County in Kenya, I have a deeply personal connection to the challenges posed by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage within my community. […]
Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Africa Requires a Holistic Approach. Here’s Why.
We recently sat down with our co-founder and Kenya representative Domtila Chesang, who is a human rights activist known for her grassroots campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) and gender-based […]
AWRA and Orchid Project Introduce Africa Network to End FGM/C at Women Deliver 2023
KIGALI, RWANDA – African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) and Orchid Project are excited to introduce and co-host the Africa Network to End FGM/C – the first-of-its-kind African-led initiative at […]
Female Genital Mutilation hurts women, girls, and our economies
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which is the cutting of the female clitoris, is considered a crime in most countries. Although the practice has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic due to […]
Ending FGM: Time to Shift the Power to Women & Frontline Activists
As an organization principled on collaboration not competition, last month was a pivotal milestone for AWRA. Some of our co-founders were privileged to participate in a retreat near Lake Naivasha, […]
US Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade Violates First Amendment Rights
PRESS RELEASE — African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) considers women’s health and reproductive rights — including the right to birth or not to birth children — an important element […]
Open Letter: Egypt Must Take Serious and Genuine Steps to End Gender Discrimination
Gender discrimination has been a long-standing crisis in Egypt for far too long. With the 80th Session of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]
Women-led NGO AWRA Empowers African Children Through Comic Series
Meet Kawkab, a 10-year-old Sudanese shero whose superpowers allow her to defy space and time. Kawkab was created by AWRA founding member Reem Abdellatif and Sudanese Artist Ibrahim […]
#ReclaimTheNarrative: In Solidarity With the Women and Girls of Tigray
The Tigray crisis has internally displaced about 2.3 million children, totally cutting them off from humanitarian aid, according to the UN. The conflict in Tigray is now in […]
#ReclaimTheNarrative: Mainstream Beauty Standards Were Made to be Broken
Within our own communities across Africa, many people still think that beauty means straight hair, lighter skin, or thin cinched waists. Sometime throughout history, society decided that these features […]