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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AWRA calls on Mali to protect women and girls from FGM and gender violence during times of conflict
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 28, 2021- African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) calls on the government of Mali to take immediate action to protect women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) […]
AWRA steps up efforts to end FGM, child marriage in Kenya’s most remote villages
The African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) movement has been strengthening its efforts in some of Kenya’s most remote villages to help reduce the rates of child marriage and Female Genital […]
African Women Rights Advocates join forces to create safe space for women and girls in a post-pandemic world
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – The African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA), led by women from the African continent and diaspora is celebrating its launch today as it becomes one of the […]