African Women and Youth Action For Development

AWYAD is a women-led, women, youth and child rights and services focused national NGO founded in Uganda in 2010. Vision: A society where women, children, and youth are free from all forms of inequality and violence, and are at the forefront of development. Mission: Empower vulnerable women, children and youth, to rise up against inequality and violence and actively participate in socio-economic processes of their communities. AWYAD objectives AWYADs mission is achieved through putting 5 Empowerment strategic objectives and 5 Advocacy objectives: Objective 1: Achieve gender equality and ensure the protection of vulnerable women, children and youth from violence and empower them to challenge gender norms that cause and perpetuate inequality and violence Objective 2: Promote access to education and skills for the empowerment of vulnerable children, youth and women to enable them contribute to the development of their communities among others, Strategic pillar two: Advocacy and influ...