EMPOWER VULNERABLE WOMEN (EVW)
Even as some gains are made towards women's empowerment in developing nations, the poorest members of the population lag behind. Disadvantaged women, such women living with HIV/AIDS, the rural poor, and women under traditional influence all find themselves in the wake of prosperity that has passed them by. A series of international agreements reached in the past decade have affirmed that national development and global health depend on fostering the full capacity of all citizens.
The empowerment of women is essential to the movement toward sustainable development. AFAWI aims at empowering women and children economically, politically, and socially and to provide a forum for educators, women in leadership positions, youth leaders, and community organizers to discuss issues affecting women and children. Through these efforts, we hope to ensure the socio-economic and human rights for all people to live a dignified life regardless of where they are from.
PROMOTE RURAL EDUCATION FOR ALL (PREFA)
Whether for social, economic, or geographic reasons, it is clear is that quality of education must not suffer as access expands. Conversely, improvements in quality should not benefit the economically well-off at the expense of the poor, as has happened. AFAWI welcomes the committment made by the international community during the 1990s to achieve universal education in every society of every country.
Due to this, much of our work is performed in the northern half of Ghana, where educational levels fall short of the metropolitan areas, and a far greater gap is seen between girls' and boys' achievement in school.
