Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA)
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is a pan-African, non-governmental development organisation and registered UK charity, set up in 1985 by women from different parts of Africa, resident in the United Kingdom. AMwA aims to provide development services for African women, serves as a resource and research forum on African women's issues, and provides a platform for African women to participate in policy and decision-making. AMwA is an NGO in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council.
AMwA aims to provide solidarity, support, awareness, and to build links with African women active in the areas of their own development. Over the past 15 years since it has been in existence, AMwA has actively supported initiatives to strengthen links with the women's movement in Africa. AMwA's ethos is ‘Speaking for Ourselves'. The organisation was founded and operates on the premise that African people have a key role to play in their own development and the shaping of their own destinies.
AMwA serves as a networking, information, advocacy and training forum for African women, and builds their leadership capacities to influence policy and decision-making. AMwA does this by:
- Building the leadership capacities of African women and their organisations
- Creating leadership development opportunities for African women at various levels
- Highlighting the skills, expertise and creativity of African women
- Sensitising and empowering African women
- Challenging sexist and racist stereotypes by emphasizing positive images of African women.
Contact :
Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe
Tel: +256-414-543681/3
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