Our Mission
AWAU’s mission is to ensure that the voices and lived experiences of continental African women and their descendants are centred and heard. We seek to ensure that the needs of African women and their communities are addressed through our diverse community engagement, development, and empowerment initiatives.
Our Purpose
AWAUs purpose is to strengthen national intellectual capacity on African Women in Australia by being the hub for the most comprehensive, up-to-date and Afrocentric information about African women in Australia. We do this by seeking first to understand African women and their communities and then developing programs and initiatives that directly respond to their needs.
Our Approach
AWAU’s approach is based on a strengths-based human rights African feminisms framework. This framework both recognises and centralises intersectionality and intragroup variance and diversity. Our work is guided and informed by African women themselves through extensive consultations with African communities. AWAU is an organisation for African women, by African women.
Who We Serve
AWAU serves coloured women from Africa and descendants of Africa. We value the knowledge, skills and expertise of these women. Given the limited platforms and acknowledgement of these strengths AWAU is focused on raising the voices and profile of these African women in Australia.