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Addis Ababa Women’s Association(AAWA)

Year of establishment

March 1998

Year of Registration

May 1998

Type of organization

Women’s Association

Branch Offices

  • In all kebeles- Addis Ababa
  • In all Kefle ketema- Addis Ababa

Staffs

  • Professional - 21
  • Supporting - 24

General objective

  • To improve the law status of women politically, economically, and socially

Activities of the Organization

  • To build the capacity of members in management position to participate and benefit from the development activities
  • To orient women about the revised family law to profit effort for its practicality
  • To arrange different skill trainings and credit facilities to improve the poor living of women
  • To eliminate harmful traditional practice and different kinds of forceful acts which hinder full participation of women through organized teaching, coordination and persuasion
  • To network with different governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve the economic and social status of women

Vision of the organization

  • To change the lives of members and equal participation of members in political, economic and social will be respected

Source of Funding

  • Membership fee
  • Different Local and International NGOs

Annual Budget

  • 2003 – 405,914.65
  • 2004– 508,046.77

Partner organizations

  • Health Bureau
  • Education Bureau
  • Social and Labor affair
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • Women’s Affair Bureau
  • Plan International
  • Pathfinder
  • Ipas Ethiopia
  • Packard Foundation
  • Ethiopian Women’s Lawyer Association
  • Panos Ethiopia
  • Maryjoy
  • Hiwot Ethiopia
  • AWDIAS
  • Action Aid Ethiopia

Beneficiaries

73,000 Members

Intend to extend

To form Committee of Professional women in different organization

Address

Addis Ababa Women’s Association(AAWA)
Tel: 251-1-157388/157391
Mobile: 09(406288)
Address: P.O. box 12140
Email:a.a.w.a@telecom.net.et
Contact person :Wro. Tigu W/Senbate(Chair Woman)
Address of the Organization:
Kefle Ketema Kirkos
Kebele 15
House Number 019
Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

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