African Women Empowerment Forum (AWEF)
Acronym:
AWEF
Date started:
2006
AWEF was established in April 2006 by women of African origin who are Refugees and Asylum seekers.AWEF works hard to change the concept of the need for dependency among African women who are refugees and asylum seekers locally in Nottingham, with an objective in widening the (freedom from dependency) scope regionally and eventual nationally.
Stage within programme:
Implementing
Town / City:
Nottinghamshire
Office telephone:
00441158840550
General E-mail:
info@awef.org
Countries:
Additional data
Mission:
The organisation was established for the empowerment of women of African origin, in particular, to advocate for women on gender issues, equality of access and non discrimination, based on race, gender, age or immigration status, and to have an imput on policies that impact on them locally and nationally.
Activities:
AWEF's empowerment process seeks to give African Women, Refugees and Asylum Seekers and their children the power of making decisions on their own, through having access to information and resources that will enhance them in making proper decisions, grant them options from which they can make choices for themselves and allowing them to have the abilities to exercise assertiveness within collective decision making processes.By allowing them to make changes in their lives through positive thinking, along with providing the opportunities for women to learn skills for improving themselves, AWEF also aims to change the perceptions of others through democratic means.
