AWRA is a pan-African organization committed to creating sustainable change for women and girls in the continent and the diaspora. #ReclaimTheNarrative
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➡️ No woman or girl should have to live under the threat of Female Genital Mutilation.
For us, as survivors, and women and girls – everyday is #ZeroTolerance day.
We must center survivor-based solutions and healing practices to #EndFGM. @FondationDiaka
Ending child marriage requires a holistic approach: challenging harmful norms, protecting girls’ rights, investing in education, and strengthening support systems.
Every girl deserves safety, dignity, opportunity, and the freedom to simply be a child.
#DayOfTheGirl
On #DayOfTheAfricanChild2025, we celebrate the resilience, rights, and dreams of every African child. Access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene is more than a basic service it is a lifeline that protects health, dignity, and hope. Every child deserves the chance to thrive.
Language is never neutral, it shapes power, perception & possibility. Dr Leyla Hussein reminded us that words can reinforce harm or drive resistance & healing. This echoes Women Deliver 2026 Shift language → shift power → move closer to justice. Watch: youtu.be/p6iLUH7__F4
In this powerful conversation, Valerie Loloju takes us inside the Sister-to-Sister Initiative a movement built on solidarity, courage, and the unwavering commitment to end all forms of Gender Based Violence.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube:
youtu.be/PKT84N0j9SQ
Violence against girls is not a thought experiment.
We must hold two truths: zero tolerance for FGM, and zero tolerance for racism in the name of protection. Justice must be universal.
🔗 Read more: lbc.co.uk/article/fgm-debate…
#EndFGM #DecoloniseProtection #AWRA
Born from a simple truth shared by @CDomtila, activism can be isolating and we need community.
From that truth emerged a collective; rooted in shared knowledge, grounded in what works, and committed to holding one another. A movement of growth, solidarity & collective power.
We joined @UKinKenya , The Girl Generation–ALM & @FGMresearch to mark #HumanRightsDay, highlighting why FGM prevention in the health sector is key to gender equality.
Survivor stories reminded us: health workers must understand FGM to support, protect & prevent harm.
As we mark #HumanRightsDay and close the #16DaysOfActivism, we honour the women, girls, and communities who continue to resist and reimagine a world free from violence. Women’s rights are human rights.
Human rights aren’t seasonal; they’re lived daily.
#AWRA #EndGBV #EndFGM
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Our Executive Director, a proud FGM survivor and advocate, is representing us at the Sister-to-Sister Convening by @AWRA_org , over the next four days. This gathering brings together powerful women leaders to share their activism journeys and strengthen solidarity.
African Women Rights Advocates retweeted
We honour and celebrate survivor leadership at the heart of the movement to #EndFGM.
This week, our team joined @AWRA_org + @FirebirdFoundation to co-facilitate healing and well-being sessions during the Sister-to-Sister Convening; a powerful space where 20 young grassroots leaders are transforming shared pain into collective power.
Here’s to feminist care, rest, and leadership that sustains movements.
#InvestDontRest
African Women Rights Advocates retweeted
SISTER TO SISTER.
African women gather to create a sacred space of courage, care, and collective power. They share stories, heal, and reimagine a future free from FGM. When women lead, communities transform. Together, we rise, build, and shape the Africa we want. @AWRA_org
African Women Rights Advocates retweeted
Youths at the grassroots are not just the future they are the force reshaping today.
#From shared pain to collective power
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@AWRA_org
@CDomtila
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African Women Rights Advocates retweeted
A moment for activists to reflect, re-energize and strengthen the solidarity.
From Shared Pain to Collective Power 💪.
@irep_foundation
@AWRA_org
@CDomtila
As we close the week, we honor survivors who turned pain into purpose.
Mtetezi: Daughters of Tomorrow shows the power of resilience, community, and storytelling in ending FGM.🎬 Watch the full film FREE on Vimeo
👉 vimeo.com/1098475572
#EndFGM #IamMteteziCampaign #FridayVibes
“There is no other way of framing it — FGM is child abuse and it's Sexual Gender Based Violence.”
@Seleyian , Founder & CEO, @murua_girls
Every mother and girl deserves the right to agency, choice, and dignity.
The power to say No!
💫 Watch Mtetezi;
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“Every girl saved matters. Every delay creates space for another chance.” — @CDomtila
In The Hidden Dynamics of FGM: Lessons from Pokot, Domtila reveals the unseen barriers keeping FGM alive — poverty, exclusion & fragile systems.
🔗 Read more: awra-group.org/en/the-hidden…
#EndFGM
Across generations, harmful myths have fueled FGM silencing girls & denying them choice.
In Breaking the Silence on FGM, @CDomtila exposes stigma, peer pressure & false beliefs sustaining the practice.
📖Read more: kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/explor…
#BreakTheSilence #EndFGM #IAmMtetezi
AWRA AT #UNGA80
Across New York & D.C., 200+ people joined Mtetezi: screenings & the launch of the Global Health & Legal Landscape Report on FGM by @TheVavengers .
#FundWomen #ShiftPower #EndFGM #Mtetezi #AfricanFeministFutures
