African Women's Development and Communication Network
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
6
3.75 FTE
EU Grants
€757,688
Mission & Goals
The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan- African, feminist and membership-based network based in Nairobi with over 800 members across 49 African countries. FEMNET exists to facilitate and coordinate the sharing of experiences, ideas, information, and strategies for human rights promotion among African women’s organizations through networking, communication, capacity-building and advocacy at the regional and international levels. Since inception in 1988, FEMNET has strategically positioned herself as a convenor, organizer and facilitator on dialogues around critical issues including women’s involvement in governance and leadership, promoting women’s economic justice, advocating for women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, ending gender-based violence and harmful practices (such as female genital mutilation and child marriage) and strengthening the women’s movement in Africa. www.femnet.org
EU Legislative Interests
The EU Gender Action Plan EU Policy Forum on Development Global Gateway and Team Europe Initiative
Communication Activities
Member of the Steering Group for Structured Dialogue on Gender Action Plan Africa Representative for CSOs in the EU Policy Forum on Development Member of the Global Gateway Advisory Platform
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EU Policy Forum on Development (PFD) Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) NGO CSW/ Africa Women's Major Group Women's Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG on FfD) African Women and Gender Constituency on Climate Justice Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (FFP Collab) Generation Equality Forum Economic Justice and Right Action Coalition Co Leader
Organisation Members
Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida Uganda) Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) Egyptian Business Women Association (EBWA) Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) Rwanda Women's Network HelpAge International Stella’s Girls (Liberia) West African Network of Young Women Leaders (ROAJELF) Women and Law in Southern Africa – the Zimbabwe Chapter Tunisian Association of Governance and Equal Opportunities between Women and Men in Decision-Making Positions (ATGEC) Integrated Disabled Women Activities (IDIWA) MUSONET Mali Young and Alive Initiative PROMODEF Mali Non-governmental Gender Organisations' Coordinating Council (NGOCC) RECODE Senegal Canelle Foundation Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence Zimbabwe Womens Rights And Health Project Nigeria New Millenium Women Empowerment Organization Actions pour la Réinsertion sociale de la Femme (ARSF) Women for A Change Cameroon (WfAC) Jumuiya Women's Fund Kenya Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre CONAFED (DRC) Young Women Leadership Institute (YWLI) Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) Gingko Africa Limited Badili Africa Africa Center for Health Systems and Gender Justice Women Development Fund (WODEF) White Ribbon Alliance Kenya The Amazon Leadership Concerned Women International Development Initiative Women's Rural Empowerment Partnerships in Africa (WREPA)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.