The AfriWomen will prioritise women and the girl child as major drivers and beneficiaries of our
social and economic responses.
Working with women and girls from selected communities, we will enhance their agency and
capacity on gender, gender mainstreaming, policy, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation.
We place a high priority on the education of women and girls in the informal sector. Across our
literacy centres, we are alleviating poverty and addressing gender inequality by giving women
and teenage mothers a second chance at education through literacy, numeracy and skills
training.
We are committed to address gender inequality by empowering women to reach their potentials
in the economic sector through their microcredit
We recognise that there is a disparity in women and men’s vocational skills acquisition training
opportunities. We are committed to bridging the gap.
We are dedicated to improving the social and economic factors that affect the enrolment and
retention of girls in school.
To create and facilitate a safe place for women to connect, share and inspire themselves in
ways that empowers them to take bold steps to be more.
The AfriWomen work in some of the most challenging communities and contexts. We deliver
and fund our causes in most places where other NGOs or donors are not present. We focus our
work on people and places who need it most. We will not leave anyone behind.
Working with women and girls from selected communities, we will enhance their capacity on
gender, gender mainstreaming, policy, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation.
We will highlight to governments and funding partners the urgency and concern for the need to
focus more on Africa, her women and the girl child in actualising a more robust social and
economic development for the region.
We will undertake organised course of actions including sensitisation and creating awareness
on the marginalisation of women and the girl child in education, health, wellbeing, employment
and finance.
We place a high priority on the education of women and girls in the informal sector. Poverty rate
and spread is higher amongst women compared to men. We believe that adult literacy and skills
acquisition training is key in reducing poverty amongst women.
Our centres give women and teenage mothers a second chance at education through literacy,
numeracy and skills training.
We partner the Ministry of Education and their agencies- the National Commission for Mass
Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) and Oyo State Agency for Adult and Non-
Formal Education. Working with and building on government’s standard curriculum, the
AfriWomen continues to enhance the opportunities available to women and girls who use our
centres through our own signature curriculum.
We facilitate low interest microfinance opportunities for women. Through the AfriWomen
Multipurpose Cooperative and Marketing Scheme, we empower women to access and
maximise their economic potentials. The scheme is created voluntarily by women and for
themselves.
We are constantly evaluating and monitoring the cooperative’s bye-laws to ensure that it fulfils
the primary purpose of giving members low interest microcredit opportunities. Also, that
members stay true to ethics of the scheme- women empowering women to start or accelerate
their businesses.
As a multipurpose cooperative we ensure that the scheme also fulfils the social and cultural
needs and aspirations of women through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled
enterprise.
The AfriWomen are dedicated to closing the gender gap in the economic sector by initiating
vocational skills acquisition training for girls- in-and-out of school and women.
The business owners and professionals in our community with their combine network assist us
in the provision of vocational trainings and mentoring placements for our beneficiaries.
Our founder, Adebukola Oso is a lawyer and an entrepreneur, she actively uses her decades of
experience and network to create opportunities for women and girls to develop and monetise
their skills.
We are devoted to ensuring that more girls are enrolled and stay longer at school. We believe
that educating girls is fundamental to the development of society. Annually, we work proactively
to ensure that the cultural and gender norms which limits the rate of girls enrolment and
retention at school is reduced. The AfriWomen believes and uses community based advocacy
works to actualise this goal.
With our track records of impact, the AfriWomen are also able to partner generous individuals
and corporate organisations to process and address other contributory factors that heightens
the marginalisation of girls from formal education. The combined passion of the AfriWomen
ensure that we provide back to school resources and contribute to promotion examinations
payments for beneficiaries.
Through qualitative research, survey and data analysis, we are daily increasing our knowledge
and building a robust understanding of how to empower the girl child in-and- out of school,
parents, caregivers and teachers in the communities we serve.
AfriWomen Network is a community of women entrepreneurs and professionals of African
descent from around the world. The community creates a safe place for women to CONNECT,
SHARE aspirations, experiences, challenges and goals. From their contributions, other women
are INSPIRED to support the community to rise up, speak up, take BOLD steps to confront the
social, economic, cultural and political challenges which stops women from becoming MORE.
We work at all levels to influence change. We work with families, communities, and state and
national agencies to ensure the best outcomes for our beneficiaries. Our founder is constantly
using her resilience to persuade, push and demand changes in policies.
The influence and passion of the AfriWomen members strongly advocate for change in the
religious, cultural and gender norms which continues to marginalise women.
Through our programmes and events, women and other champions of our works are facilitated
to connect and share experiences on the economic, political, cultural and social
challenges facing women, and consequently, their families communities and the nation.