The Afghan Women representatives gathering at
ACBAR office in Peshawar Pakistan brought the idea of
establishing a platform where Afghan Women could share
their observations and concerns as well as find ways for
solving them. With all this reasons the idea of
establishment a Network where women’s issues could be
discussed in details was born.
After the United Nations fourth World Conference on women in
Beijing-china, which was attended by a group of Afghan
women from various organizations and UN agencies, the
idea of establishing a network to promote unity and
cooperation among Afghan women, was formed. Inspired by
women’s movement in different parts of the world, in
1995 the participants along with other Afghan women
decided to establish the Afghan Women’s Network (AWN).
The Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) is a corn stone of
Afghanistan’s fledging women’s movement, serving as a
well-established network for the growing number of
women’s organizations operating in the country. AWN has
had a strong presence in Kabul, Herat and Jalalabad,
while also working through local partners in several
Afghan provinces. AWN fulfills the function of a network
of organizations, as well as undertaking its own
projects addressing issues such as gender-based
violence, youth empowerment and girl’s education.
Our Vision
The AWN;s envisions
an Afghanistan in which all members –
women, children, and men – participate
equally. Furthermore, the members
aspire to create an Afghan community
which values, respects, and encourages
the tremendous capacities of women and
their contributions to Afghan culture
and society.
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Our Mission
AWN is a non-partisan, non-profit
network of women and women’s NGOs
working to empower Afghan women and
ensure their equal participation in
Afghan society. The members of the
Network also recognize the value and
role of children as the future of
Afghanistan and, as such, regard the
empowerment and protection.
