32 ABOU BAKER SADIK AGDAL
RABAT
Morocco
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
Africa Women's Forum is moroccan NGO, based in Rabat. all our members are working on voluntary basis, we also opened external offices in Tunisia , Benin, Gambia, Ghana) Our yearly budget , is part from payment of membership (20 dollars per member) and from our donors for projects in parnethip with international cooperation agencies such as GIZ or Morrocan International cooperation: The Forum, advocating for women 's right , organise a yearly international forum gathering women from Africa and abroad, and regional conferences in other countries , to make their voices heard in key issues such as leadership, governance, eduction, security, intercultural dialogue, we also , all the year oganise training session for women and youth on entrepreneurship, participation to elections, intercultural dialogues
Africa Women's Forum was founded in Morocco in 2014, to empower women but most of all to give a better image of women of Africa in their countries due to steorypes against women and as well to give a positive image of women migrants in Morocco, coming from other countries of africa, and then preventing racism, discrimination, misundurstanding The NGO also advocate for a better visibility of the countribution of women in their countries ( economy, conflict prevention, education) Finally the NGO participate in the international conferences to make heard the preoccupation and contributions of women in Africa (starting by north africa)
5 INTERNATIONAL FORUM IN MOROCCO GATHERING 100 WOMEN FROM 40 COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS ABOUT MIGRATION, EDUCATION, SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION, CLIMATE CHANGE TRAINING IN MOROCCO , Benin , MAURITANIA, Ghana ABOUT WOMEN's LEADERHIP, Climate chance (Benin) OUR MAIN COMING PROJECT IS A TRAINING WOMEN's CENTER IN THE ATLAS(Morocco) FOR RURAL WOMEN TO HELP THEM TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES BUT AS WELL TO ALLOW THEM TO KNOW AND BENIFIT FOR MORE RIGHTS (legal, economic) ; indeed many women work in cooperatives or alone without any insurance or legal insurance so this project will allow them to have rights at work place and then avoid exploitation due to their vulnirability and allow them also a better evolution
AFRICA WOMEN's FORUM was among the first moroccan NGOs to establish a dialogue betweem women from Morocco and otheir countries of Africa and then contribute to a better relations between women coming from differents cultures and then contribute to a better perception of women migrants . and to a south south cooperation. Our network ; field work, expertise , already allow us to be associated to international events ( COP22, Paris peace summit, Developpement summit...) can be a very positive contribution to Anna Lindh Foundation of to its network.
THE ALF work in several fields where we also work ( intercultural dialogue , leadership, governance,) and then we wish to improve our work by a potential partnership and as well to share our experience and concen on women's issues.