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Women's Rights
This section contains all Advocacy Forum members working on women's rights.
Association des Jeunes Femmes de Maniema (AJFMa)
The mission of Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema (AJFMa) is to promote the awareness and respect for the International Declaration of Human Rights, to defend and protect women's rights, and to contribute to the promotion of civic education, democracy, justice and peace. AJFMa also works to educate youth on how to protect themselves from STDs and HIV/AIDS.
Contact:
Tel : +(243) 997 085 513
Email AJFM
Association de Lutte Contre l'Inégalité Sociale (ALIS)
Founded in 2002, the Association de Lutte Contre l'Inégalité Sociale works to promote peace and reconciliation among various ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ALIS advocates for non-violence by conducting workshops and seminars that engage youth and other sectors of the rural population. Recognizing that poverty is a central cause of ongoing conflict, ALIS seeks to reverse the underlying discriminatory laws and practices that lead to economic inequality. In addition, ALIS combats violence against women by promoting gender equality and providing support to victims of rape and abuse. Ultimately, ALIS seeks to unite villages, communities, and members of diverse ethnic groups in a commitment to finding non-violent solutions for ending the conflict in the DRC.
Contact: Mbirima Ketekete
Q.Kimanga, Av. du Congo No 07
Uvira-Sud Kivu
Tel. 243 784553974
Email ALIS
Bawum Akone Association (BAWFA)
The Bawum Akone Association (BAWFA) works to restore health, hope and dignity to individuals, especially women, who suffer from poverty and violence in Cameroon. BAWFA focuses on the issues of children rights, discrimination, HIV/AIDS, human rights and poverty.
Contact: Nforsi Gabriel Neba,
Ntamafe 23
PO BOX 2173
Bafut, Cameroon
Phone: +0023777943181
Email BAWFA
Digital Development
Founded in 2006, Digital Development’s mission is to create a digital knowledge world where vulnerable and disadvantageous classes of society, especially socially excluded youth and young women, can participate and benefit. Digital Development uses technology to advocate on behalf of young people, to ensure that all people are treated equally and that their basic needs are met. Digital Development encourages youth, especially young women, to get involved in these activities and to use information and communication technology to promote equality and fight poverty. Digital Development raises awareness about the importance of taking advantage of new technologies as a tool for economic, political, and social development.
Contact: Konul Agayeva
1B/71, S.S. Axundov, AZ1116,
Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel: (+994 12) 408 1546
Email: mail@didev.org
URL: www.didev.org
Empower And Care Organization (EACO)
The Empower And Care Organization provides physical and psychosocial support to marginalized and at-risk women living in the Mukono-Kampala district. EACO has a special focus on single mothers, widows, and women who are taking care of orphaned children. The organization seeks to empower women through economic development, which it achieves through education programs, vocational training, and the provision of health care. EACO also campaigns for HIV/AIDS awareness and provides direct support to children who have been orphaned as a result of the war or HIV/AIDS. In addition to providing orphans with school supplies, EACO has established a vocational school and a tailoring bureau to create income-generating opportunities for young women.
Contact: Shadrak Kyobe
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 774 310 393
Email EACO
Femmes Juristes Pour les Droits de la Femme et de l'Enfant (Female Lawyers for Women's and Children's Rights)
Femmes Juristes Pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant (FDJF) works to promote and defend women’s rights by helping women understand the laws that were created to protect them. In so doing, they hope to put an end to the suffering and marginalization of women in the society.
Contact: Catherine Kathungu Furaha
Ville de Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tel : ( 243) 099 77 60 899
Email FJDF
Hiran Women Action (HIWA)
Hiran Women’s Action’s mission is to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable women and war affected societies in Somalia. They do this by carrying out human rights lobbying and advocacy, education, HIV/AIDS awareness, psycho-social support as well as offering technical assistance and training support on development maintenance especially in the Hiran region. HIWA was created in 1997 by a group of women in Hiran region to advocate for peace, human rights and development programs after the much of the international community stopped working in Somalia in 1995.
Contact:
P.O. Box 195 SomalPost TNT
Mogadishu, Somalia
Tel: +252 1 555 11 86
Email HIWA
Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP)
Established to meet the needs of rural and tribal communities and especially the women living in theses most deprived ecologies, without access to the mainstream development services, Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP) brings rural and tribal communities together to educate them on environmental justice, human rights and sustainable development.
Contact: Ms Madhusmita Mishra,
Plot No. 387, Damana Square
B/H Metro Homes, Behind Rashmi Garden
Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Orissa India
Tel: +0674-2742352
Mobile: +09861031510
Email JRP
Ndola Nutrition Group
The Group aims to combat micro- and macro-malnutrition in children under five years of age, to treat HIV/AIDS patients and to foster sustainable economic empowerment at the household level for widows, single mother and female-child-headed homes.
Contact: Halumba Munachonga,
Plot 1346 Nkana Road
Opposite the Ndola Fire Brigade
P.O. Box 71470
Ndola, Zambia
Tel: +260-977-856-942
Email the Ndola Nutrition Group
Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace & Development (NDWPD)
Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace and Development (NDWPD) campaigns to improve girls' access to and level of education, to sensitize the community to female circumcision, to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission and to increase women's involvement in and impact on society.
Contact: Caroline Usikpedo, MCIA, B.Sc.,
28 N.D.C Road, Ozoro, Isoko North L.G.A.
Delta State, Nigeria
Tel: +234-8068107046/08076389834
Email NDWPD
The Palestinian Center for Communication and Development Studies
The Palestinian Center for Communication and Development Studies seeks to develop community by working with vulernable populations, specifically youth and women, to implement projects for enhance their role in the society.
Contact: Fida Abu Turky,
Tel/Fax: +(009722) 2299678
Mobile: +00972599694321/962462
Email the Palestinian Center for Communication and Development Studies
"PHOOLEEN" Mahila Chetna Vikash Kendra
PHOOLEEN aims to establish a society where the disadvantaged and deprived will reap better returns from their agricultural work, have access to improved health care resources, and generally enjoy a higher standard of living through the creation of autonomous institutions the promotion and protection of human rights and women's rights.
Contact: Shamsher Alam
Hanthia Pather Farm, Vill:Bhogtachorant Handrapur,
Post: Ramchandrapur, Via :Madhupur-815353
Dist: Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
Tel: +91-6438-223567/224314
Mobile: +91-9334139369/9831161668
Fax: +91-06438-224495
Email PHOOLEEN
Raksha Nepal
Raksha Nepal is an NGO established in 2004 with the active participation of girls and women who have been exploited into sex work. They are dedicated to helping women whom circumstances have forced into prostitution to support themselves and their children. Rasksha Nepal activities include conducting research to understand the scope and impact of prostitution in Nepal, advocating for changes in the law, and its enforcement, to protect women and children exploited into prostitution, and creating opportunities. Raksha Nepal believes that for a more secure future free from exploitation, these women must have skill training for legitimate work.
Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Post Box No.24866
Phone 977-01-4437552
Email Raksha Nepal
Website: www.rakshanepal.org.np
Regional Marine Conservation Organization (RMCO)
RMCO works with Somalia's coastal communities to advance and to promote their interests and their well-being effectively.
Contact: Eng. Abdourahman Said Galiar,
Bosaso, Somalia
Tel: +002525-726962/776015
Fax: +2525-82-6568
Email RMCO
Solidarite Feminine Pour la Paix et le Developpement Integral (Women in Solidarity for Peace and Sustainable Development)
SOFEPADI’s mission is to promote and protect the rights of women and children. Operating in Beni and Ituri, SOFEPADI is actively involved in seeking justice for victims of the widespread sexual violence committed by militia and members of the DRC military. SOFEPADI seeks to break the cycle of violence by helping survivors file charges and by promoting justice reform.
Contact:
Tel: + (243) 815 664 399
Email SOFEPADI
Swat Youth Front
Swat Youth Front works with youth to fight gender disparities and inequalities and to promote the development of the disadvantaged communities of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
Contact: Amjad Ali,
Opposite G.P.S Haji Baba Mingora Swat
NWFP Pakistan 19130
Tel: +92-946-723388
Mobile: +92-345-9525666
Email Swat Youth Front
Sympathy, Treatment, Acceptance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Organization
Sympathy, Treatment, Acceptance, and Rehabilitation (STAR) Organization works toward a world in which everyone, especially disadvantaged women and orphaned children, enjoys equal rights.
Contact: Tasawar Younis Gill
St # 3 block "A" near Catholic Church
Barkat Pura, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-41-871-6372
Mobile: +92-345-768-4814
Email STAR
Membership in the Advocacy Forum constitutes neither a claim to legitimacy nor an endorsement by AP. AP has not vetted the members, but the relevant embassy may assist in the vetting process.