African Women Rights Advocates

AWRA is a pan-African organization committed to creating sustainable change for women and girls in the continent and the diaspora. #ReclaimTheNarrative

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

➡️ 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

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

Language is never neutral, it shapes power, perception & possibility. Dr Leyla Hussein reminded us that words can reinforce harm or drive resistance & healing. This echoes Women Deliver 2026 Shift language → shift power → move closer to justice. Watch: https://t.co/W26zXtYhdS

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

In this powerful conversation, Valerie Loloju takes us inside the Sister-to-Sister Initiative a movement built on solidarity, courage, and the unwavering commitment to end all forms of Gender Based Violence.

Watch the full conversation on YouTube:
https://t.co/nL41SAgwJ7

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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: https://t.co/KCbnzu7cWV

#EndFGM #DecoloniseProtection #AWRA

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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.

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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.

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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

[Every Girl’s Dream (EGD) @GirlEgd]

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.

[The Girl Generation @TheGirlGen]

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

[Ruto James @RutoJames7113]

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

[NEEMA KIMUTAI @neemajep]

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

[Irene Cheruto @IreneCheruto12]

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

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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
👉 https://t.co/oVizSDkmLF
#EndFGM #IamMteteziCampaign #FridayVibes

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

“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;
https://t.co/nMnyxdewbf

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

“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: https://t.co/OSMwIJpMJy

#EndFGM

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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: https://t.co/hZ9OPHPh4B

#BreakTheSilence #EndFGM #IAmMtetezi

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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.

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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

[African Women Rights Advocates @AWRA_org]

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 https://t.co/CblxF3LJ2q

[The Vavengers @TheVavengers]

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