The African Women’s Economic Policy Network (AWEPON) is a Pan- African faith-based non Governmental Organization (NGO) with the regional secretariat legally registered in Uganda. AWEPON owes its origin to the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
Women’s Desk that initiated faith-based consultations on the impact of economic policies on women, leading to the formation of a continental initiative in the name of AWEPON.
AWEPON was then launched as a network of Africa women’s CSO engaged in women’s rights and gender equality, during the 1994 United Nation’s NGO regional preparatory conference that was held in Dakar Senegal. It was during the aforesaid conference that various participants from different organisations expressed commitment towards the formation of AWEPON. This was particularly in response to a presentation by a group of women drawn from different countries and organizations in Africa. More....
Women’s Desk that initiated faith-based consultations on the impact of economic policies on women, leading to the formation of a continental initiative in the name of AWEPON.
AWEPON was then launched as a network of Africa women’s CSO engaged in women’s rights and gender equality, during the 1994 United Nation’s NGO regional preparatory conference that was held in Dakar Senegal. It was during the aforesaid conference that various participants from different organisations expressed commitment towards the formation of AWEPON. This was particularly in response to a presentation by a group of women drawn from different countries and organizations in Africa. More....
Annual Report 2008
