Year of establishment
2002
Year of Registration
2002
Type of organization
Local professional association
Branch Offices
None
Strategies
- Increasing the awareness of the community
on Reproductive Health
- Government policy makers to give emphasis
on Reproductive Health
- Maneuvering on women and children health
and reproductive health
- Reminding government bodies for allocating
of enough budget for women and children health and on reproductive
health
General objective
- To establish information exchange system
to promote communication among Medical Women in different
part of the country
- To encourage, medical women to conduct action
oriented research especially on reproductive health and child
health for information generation and dissemination
- To carryout capacity building projects for
medical women in various medical fields for the enhancement
of improved health service of women and children
- To provide opportunities for medical women
to meet, and to confer with non-medical women and share ideas
and experiences on problems particularly related to women
and children
- To offer opportunities for medical women
to meet at specific time to confer and take necessary action
on matters relating to women and child health
- To encourage young women to enter into medical
and health related professionals
- Net working with various women focused government,
NGO, Women Association and International agencies
- To promote international cooperation friendship,
understanding and networking among medical women
of women
Activities of the Organization
- Advocacy and lobbying on Reproductive Health
and Children Health
- Action oriented research
- Capacity building of its members
- Networking with other women organization
working on Reproductive Health women & children rights
Vision of the organization
EMWA's vision is to see improved health
care system for women and children in Ethiopia, especially
where women fully exercise their reproductive health right
Publication
- Proceeding on the “Role of EMWA on Reproductive
Health in Ethiopia”
Beneficiaries
120 members
Plan of Expansion
Areas of expansion
- To have branch offices in all regions
of Ethiopia
Address
Ethiopian Medical Women's Association(EMWA)
Tel: 251-1-571750
Fax:140151
Address: P.O. box 3893
Email:a.a.w.a@telecom.net.et
Contact person :Dr.
Selamawit Assefa (President)
Address of the Organization:
Kefle Ketema:Arada
Kebele:08
House Number :674
Addis Ababa,ethiopia
