Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
The girl child
Violence against women
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Conflict
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Education
Gender equality
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
United States of America
Afghanistan
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1996 |
| Organizational structure: |
Queens Staff Queens Community Center Since 2001, WAW has done outreach into the Afghan community in Queens, NY. We run a community center in Flushing, Queens, where women from the community come on a walk-in basis. The core part of our Queens program is an ESL curriculum which brings women in, and gives them vital life skills while at the same time educating them about their rights. We always try and engage women from the community in leadership development and encourage them to be agents in their own lives and in the struggle for women's rights. We help women with the prevalent social problems of domestic violence and forced marriages. Family Guidance Centers In 2006, WAW launched the first Family Guidance Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. After a six-month feasibility study, we designed a model for our program--a walk-in center for any individual (man or woman) who has experienced a human rights violation. We have on staff a battalion of social workers, case workers, and lawyers who help each client get justice or attain the solution they desire to their problems. For those situations where a female client's life is in danger, or she literally has nowhere to go, we have a shelter in a secret location. Since 2006, we have seen over 900 women in our Kabul Family Guidance Center. We have also replicated this model in two other Afghan cities - Mazar-E-Sharif and Kapisa. We are soon to expand to Jalalabad and Kunduz, in 2010. |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Grants from Governments
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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