Association for Women's Rights in Development
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
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Key people
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Lydia Alpízar Durán (Executive Director), Myrna Cunningham Kain (President) |
| Mission | AWID’s mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women’s rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. |
| Website | awid.org |
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), formerly the Association for Women in Development,[1] is an international, feminist, membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. A dynamic network of women and men around the world, AWID members are researchers, academics, students, educators, activists, business people, policy-makers, development practitioners, funders, and more...[2] Since 2006, the Executive Director of AWID has been Lydia Alpízar Durán and its current Board President is Myrna Cunningham Kain. Formerly headquartered in Washington D.C., the organization now has offices in Toronto, Mexico City and Cape Town and staff working across the globe.
References
- ↑ Millie Thayer, Making transnational feminism: rural women, NGO activists, and northern donors in Brazil, Taylor & Francis, 2010
- ↑ Who We Are. Association for Women's Rights in Development.
