About Us
Association of African Women for Development (ASAWOD) is a full-fledged gender-focused, intervention based non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan and non-religious organization committed to the development of women and girls capacities for the attainment of equality, inclusive development and peace.
ASAWOD, registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria since…… is established to combat poverty and reduce gender inequality by providing empowerment and capacity development programmes, including knowledge, skills and access to opportunities for poor and vulnerable groups, especially women, to enable them achieve measurable growth and development in all spheres of the society while also addressing their rights concerns.
Our Belief and Core Values
We believe that sustainable development is only achievable through investment in human capital resources and providing girls and women with the opportunities and resources they can use to improve their welfare, professionalism and well being. Our Core values and culture espouses:
Integrity
Professionalism
Equity
Accountability
Social Justice
Inclusive Participation
Honesty
Responsibility
Our Vision & Mission
Our vision is to achieve empowerment and development through capacity development and and harnessing the inherent talents and abilities of women.
ASAWOD’S Mission is to provide multi-sectoral interventions and equip under-served rural and peri-urban women and girls the with knowledge and skills needed to excel as leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs, and to earn a “livelihood with dignity.
We work towards empowering women through Capacity Building, Rural Community Revitalization, Information Dissemination and Advocacy
We believe that when women are socially and economically empowered, they become catalysts of change – not just in their own lives, but also in their families and communities.
Our Inspiration
Our works and interventions are premised on the background that harmful sociocultural norms and practices promote inequality and limit women’s access to both local and international growth and development opportunities that can address the various issues that have long kept them and their communities under-developed and poverty-stricken.
These problems including including Poverty, Skills Deficiency, Rights Violation, Violence Against Women, Gender-Based Violence, Climate Change and many more problems can be addressed through increased education and enlightenment in addition to strategic, results-focused advocacy and effective monitoring of government policies and programmes.
Enhancing the socio-economic capacities of women and encouraging girls and women to harness their abilities and take more active roles in decision making and policy formation will strengthen their voice and bargaining powers, ensuring that matters concerning them are taken seriously, thereby reducing inequality.
Our Aims & Objectives
ASAWOD is aiming to become an internationally recognized foundation known for grassroots development with keen interest in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Operationally, ASAWOD exists to build the capacity of women to participate in decision-making at all levels, to influence policies from a gender perspective and to address inequalities and injustices in social and cultural relations. Our Objectives include:
To focus on and mobilize the incredible power of feminine energy for the benefit of all mankind.
To create skill acquisition centres for women’s empowerment and development.
To assist in eliminating harmful cultural/traditional practices inhibiting Gender Equality and Women’s Development
To act as a gathering space for women and women’s organizations who share same vision of using the incredible power of feminine wisdom for the development of mankind.
To act as a body with the responsibility for educating women on health, finance and legal matters.
To educate women in Agriculture on means of improved farming and other Agricultural methods.
To conduct workshops and seminars where potential for development inherent in women will be highlighted.
To engage in actions geared towards the preservation of our environment
PHONE & EMAIL
info@asawod.com
OUR LOCATION
100 Mike Akhigbe Way,
Jabi, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
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