Association of African Women for Research and Development, Dakar, Senegal
From the Global Women's Network
| Association of African Women for Research and Development, Dakar, Senegal | |
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| City: | Dakar |
| Country: | Senegal |
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| Location coordinates: | 14° 43' 16" N, 17° 27' 58" WLatitude: 14.7210082 Longitude: -17.4662073 |
| Contact number: | + 221 33 824 20 53 / 33 825 23 49 |
| Contact email: | aaword@afard.org |
| Website: | http://www.afard.org/ |
| Target: | Women |
| Organization type: | International NGO (operating in multiple countries) |
| Sectors: | Economic Empowerment, Empowerment, Political Participation/Governance |
| Year founded/registered: | 1977 |
Summary
AAWORD is active in the field of GENDER research for the development of the countries in the Continent. It tries to put forward research on women in order to make visible women’s look on African realities.
About
Since its creation, the members of AAWORD decided that the following principles will guide the Association’s approaches:
The Association would be independent from African and foreign governments; The Association will cooperate with individuals and organisations which adhere to and support its goals; and Its financing will depend on the contributions of members, and unconditional grants and bequests. The “colonisation” of African research and use of women as research objects resulted, among others, in overlooking the historical and sociocultural realities in data analysis and interpretation. This led to the proliferation of subjective writings on the social conditions and participation of women in the development process of the African continent
Faced with this situation and in light of the still important weight of external perceptions on the solutions to these issues at the time, AAWORD set itself the mission to build a strong African women’s movement, combining human rights and development theory and practice, by throwing itself into research and providing its contribution to sustainable development in the continent and the anchoring of democracy. The question is still today for AAWORD to contribute to building a democratic, fair and egalitarian African society. This mission will continue through the 2008-2012 program.
Activities
Its main activities are :
- the conduct of studies on women’s issues in relation to gender and the conduct of awareness and advocacy actions;
- the organisation of training sessions on research methodologies, gender, advocacy technique and
other themes;
- the initiation of girls to research and strengthening of their skills;
- the publication of study results in book form;
- advocacy with public authorities and with regional and international bodies, for gender mainstreaming into development projects and programmes.
