African Women Rights Advocates

➡️ No woman or girl should have to live under the threat of Female Genital Mutilation. For us, as survivors, and women and girls – everyday is #ZeroTolerance day. We must center survivor-based solutions and healing practices to #EndFGM. ⁦@FondationDiaka⁩

Violence against girls is not a thought experiment. We must hold two truths: zero tolerance for FGM, and zero tolerance for racism in the name of protection. Justice must be universal. 🔗 Read more: lbc.co.uk/article/fgm-de… #EndFGM #DecoloniseProtection #AWRA

Born from a simple truth shared by @CDomtila, activism can be isolating and we need community. From that truth emerged a collective; rooted in shared knowledge, grounded in what works, and committed to holding one another. A movement of growth, solidarity & collective power.

We joined @UKinKenya , The Girl Generation–ALM & @FGMresearch to mark #HumanRightsDay, highlighting why FGM prevention in the health sector is key to gender equality. Survivor stories reminded us: health workers must understand FGM to support, protect & prevent harm.

As we mark #HumanRightsDay and close the #16DaysOfActivism, we honour the women, girls, and communities who continue to resist and reimagine a world free from violence. Women’s rights are human rights. Human rights aren’t seasonal; they’re lived daily. #AWRA #EndGBV #EndFGM

Our Executive Director, a proud FGM survivor and advocate, is representing us at the Sister-to-Sister Convening by @AWRA_org , over the next four days. This gathering brings together powerful women leaders to share their activism journeys and strengthen solidarity.

We honour and celebrate survivor leadership at the heart of the movement to #EndFGM. This week, our team joined @AWRA_org + @FirebirdFoundation to co-facilitate healing and well-being sessions during the Sister-to-Sister Convening; a powerful space where 20 young grassroots leaders are transforming shared pain into collective power. Here’s to feminist care, rest, and leadership that sustains movements. #InvestDontRest

SISTER TO SISTER. African women gather to create a sacred space of courage, care, and collective power. They share stories, heal, and reimagine a future free from FGM. When women lead, communities transform. Together, we rise, build, and shape the Africa we want. @AWRA_org

Youths at the grassroots are not just the future they are the force reshaping today. #From shared pain to collective power @Neema_CBO @AWRA_org @CDomtila @RutoJames7113

A moment for activists to reflect, re-energize and strengthen the solidarity. From Shared Pain to Collective Power 💪. @irep_foundation @AWRA_org @CDomtila

As we close the week, we honor survivors who turned pain into purpose. Mtetezi: Daughters of Tomorrow shows the power of resilience, community, and storytelling in ending FGM.🎬 Watch the full film FREE on Vimeo 👉 vimeo.com/1098475572 #EndFGM #IamMteteziCampaign #FridayVibes

“There is no other way of framing it — FGM is child abuse and it's Sexual Gender Based Violence.” @Seleyian , Founder & CEO, @murua_girls Every mother and girl deserves the right to agency, choice, and dignity. The power to say No! 💫 Watch Mtetezi; africanwomenrightsadvocatesawra.vhx.tv/packages/mtete…

“Every girl saved matters. Every delay creates space for another chance.” — @CDomtila In The Hidden Dynamics of FGM: Lessons from Pokot, Domtila reveals the unseen barriers keeping FGM alive — poverty, exclusion & fragile systems. 🔗 Read more: awra-group.org/en/the-hidden-… #EndFGM

Across generations, harmful myths have fueled FGM silencing girls & denying them choice. In Breaking the Silence on FGM, @CDomtila exposes stigma, peer pressure & false beliefs sustaining the practice. 📖Read more: kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/ex… #BreakTheSilence #EndFGM #IAmMtetezi

Throughout our engagements our call was loud and clear: 💡 Keep girls in school 🤝 Build a global solidarity movement 🌍 Sustain intergenerational leadership It’s time to fund women, shift power & transform systems. Survivors aren’t just heard,they’re leading change.

AWRA AT #UNGA80 Across New York & D.C., 200+ people joined Mtetezi: screenings & the launch of the Global Health & Legal Landscape Report on FGM by @TheVavengers . #FundWomen #ShiftPower #EndFGM #Mtetezi #AfricanFeministFutures

These reports prove what we’ve always known: ending FGM is possible, it is urgent, and it is one of the smartest investments the world can make.” – Naimah Hassan, Co-Founder & CEO, AWRA check out full report thevavengers.co.uk/global-landsca…

We dropped the world’s first global legal & health landscape report on FGM at the United Nations during the 80th General Assembly! 🎉

Gender equality is the heartbeat of every nation. At #UNGA, world leaders from Namibia, Barbados and Suriname shared how they’re advancing #GenderEquality and turning promises into action #ForAllWomenAndGirls. #Beijing30