Association for Women's Rights in Development
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Non-profit NGO |
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Key people | Lydia Alpízar Durán (Executive Director), Lina Abou-Habib (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 Lina Abou-Habib. 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.