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African Women’s Rights Advocates (AWRA) is a holistic, intersectional, and Indigenous African-led collective advancing the rights, dignity, and leadership of African women and girls across the continent and the diaspora.
Founded by us, for us, AWRA was born out of years of shared frustration among grassroots advocates who were told they lacked capacity or legitimacy to represent their communities. Refusing to be spoken for, women leaders from the grassroots and the diaspora came together to bridge the gap between local and global spaces, ensuring that community voices shape their own futures.
AWRA stands as both a collective voice and a connector of voices—a movement rooted in collaboration, solidarity, and shared power. Our work is grounded in intersectionality, holistic community empowerment, resilience, and independence.
With hubs in Kenya, The Gambia, the UK, and the Netherlands, AWRA creates safe, inclusive spaces where African women and girls thrive socially, economically, and politically. Through bold campaigns, healing-centered advocacy, and collaborative policy engagement, we are dismantling systemic injustices—from FGM and child marriage to climate and economic inequality.
At our core, AWRA embodies the belief that those closest to the issues are closest to the solutions
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