Akina Mama wa Afrika

Akina Mama wa Afrika Akina Mama wa Afrika is an international, Pan-African, non-governmental development organization based in Kampala, Uganda.
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Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is a feminist-Pan-African leadership development organization that was founded in 1985 by a group of visionary African women in the United Kingdom but later relocated to Africa with headquarters in Kampala, Uganda. Our origins go back to 1985 in the United Kingdom, where as a community based organization, we created a space for African women to organize autonomously, ne

twork with each other, share skills and expertise, identify issues of concern and speak for themselves, which was critical given that most were experiencing migrant life in the UK. Today, we focus on strengthening African women leadership with a view to empowering African Women to represent and speak for themselves in driving the agenda on issues affecting them. Translated from Swahili, our name means Solidarity among African women which symbolizes the principles of sisterhood which form our core foundation and our ethos is “Speaking for ourselves.”

Are you at in Melbourne? 👀✨Join us for a bold and necessary conversation:Feminist Leadership in Times of CrisisBecause...
29/04/2026

Are you at in Melbourne? 👀✨

Join us for a bold and necessary conversation:

Feminist Leadership in Times of Crisis

Because in a time of backlash, shrinking spaces, and rising resistance, how we lead matters.

This is a space to reflect, connect, and reimagine feminist leadership that centres collective power, care, and transformation.

🗓 29 April 2026
⏰ 12:00 – 1:30 PM
📍 Meeting Room 203, Level 2
Women Deliver Conference

Come through. Let’s think, build, and move together. 💜

We write with rage! We speak with love for our sisters whose dignity has been stripped. This statement is our collective...
28/01/2026

We write with rage! We speak with love for our sisters whose dignity has been stripped. This statement is our collective cry against the systematic violation of women by those meant to protect us. Our homes are not theatres of state violence. Silence is no longer an option.

With 13 days to Uganda’s elections, it is disheartening to see the same pattern repeated: unconstitutional arrests of CS...
02/01/2026

With 13 days to Uganda’s elections, it is disheartening to see the same pattern repeated: unconstitutional arrests of CSO and human rights actors, and the abuse of ordinary Ugandans participating as voters and campaigners. Democracy cannot exist where rights are violated. As the women’s movement of Uganda, we demand the immediate release of Sarah Bireete and all political prisoners. We call on all stakeholders and the public to hold the government accountable for upholding democratic governance and ensuring peaceful elections.

As part of its initiative to close the gender gap in public leadership in Africa, the EJS Center will be hosting a con...
12/09/2025

As part of its initiative to close the gender gap in public leadership in Africa, the EJS Center will be hosting a consultative conversation focused on public leadership in Southern Africa on Monday 15 September from 2pm - 4pm (SAST). The webinar series, organized in collaboration with Make Every Woman Count and Akina Mama wa Afrika will:

🌍 Examine the obstacles women face in public leadership in Southern Africa
📝 Propose actionable solutions to boost women’s representation
⚡Discuss transformative policy reforms for meaningful change

The speakers at this webinar will include:
Moderator: Mitchell Oyuga, Women’s Political Leadership Lead at
Akina Mama wa Afrika
Speaker 1: Adv. Fadzayi Mahere, Constitutional Lawyer, Former Spokesperson of Main Opposition, Former Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe
Speaker 2: Dr Dikeledi A. Mokoena, Feminist and Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Speaker 3: Kanungwe Chota Kanyanyamina, Mayor of Kanchibiya Town Council in Muchinga Province, Zambia

If you would like to be join, kindly register here: 🔗http://bit.ly/Southern_Africa_GapZero

SAVE THE DATE! Join Make Way at the NGO CSW69 Forum in New York for an interactive parallel event. Thirty years after th...
04/03/2025

SAVE THE DATE! Join Make Way at the NGO CSW69 Forum in New York for an interactive parallel event.

Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, many women continue to face discrimination and marginalization. Through storytelling and a panel discussion, q***r women and women with disabilities will share their knowledge and experiences. Together, we will delve into the colonialist frames that underpin their experiences and explore decolonizing narratives on q***rness, disability and gender equality, as well as how we can effect transformative change. 🌍

✍️ Sign up in the link in bio for the NGO CSW69 Forum.




[Link in bio: https://ngocsw69forum.events.whova.com/registration/]

New Feminist Healing Guide Alert!Among systems bent on stealing our joy, reclaiming it is radical resistance. This year’...
04/12/2024

New Feminist Healing Guide Alert!
Among systems bent on stealing our joy, reclaiming it is radical resistance. This year’s guide is a tender epistolary offering—letters from Ugandan feminists to the self, to women resisting oppression, to future generations, to communities, and to the land.
Join our collective call to reclaim, rebuild, and rejoice. 💜Access the free on the Publications highlights.

Our offering for is a healing festival for feminist activists. With most of their time confronting oppressive patriarc...
01/12/2022

Our offering for is a healing festival for feminist activists. With most of their time confronting oppressive patriarchal systems, activists often need space and time to nurse and heal the soul wounds sustained in the struggle.

As part of our advocacy for macroeconomic policies that respond to women’s rights & human rights, we are organising a Fe...
21/11/2022

As part of our advocacy for macroeconomic policies that respond to women’s rights & human rights, we are organising a Feminist Economic & Tax Justice workshop convening CSOs working at the intersection of Gender Equality & Economic Justice.

Join us as we explore the current state of the economy and its impact on women, as well as the feminist economic justice approaches that can effectively address Uganda’s macroeconomic problems bring about gender and social justice.


In the words of Jessica Horn at the ‘what happens if we see our feminist praxis as a healing praxis? As the 16 days of...
15/11/2022

In the words of Jessica Horn at the ‘what happens if we see our feminist praxis as a healing praxis?

As the 16 days of activism approach, AMwA seeks to document what healing means to African feminists and activists.

Tell us by using the link in the bio.

🎉It's official!   has begun!Read our   key messages and events with partners 👇🏿🔗: bit.ly/3fDL23N
07/11/2022

🎉It's official!   has begun!

Read our   key messages and events with partners 👇🏿

🔗: bit.ly/3fDL23N



💪🏿Get Ready!Today, AMwA and partners will launch the African Women's and Girls' Demands for COP27 🔊🌍
12/10/2022

💪🏿Get Ready!

Today, AMwA and partners will launch the African Women's and Girls' Demands for COP27 🔊🌍

🖥️ Join us online! 🗓️ 12 Oct, 11:15-12:45 EDTSession: Future of the Pandemic Preparedness Agenda: What lessons can infor...
12/10/2022

🖥️ Join us online!
🗓️ 12 Oct, 11:15-12:45 EDT

Session: Future of the Pandemic Preparedness Agenda: What lessons can inform the Bank's priorities going forward on privatization of health to ensure equity?

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Plot 222 Mama Africa Close, Off Kiwatule Road/Ntinda, Kigoowa
Kampala
P.O.BOX24130

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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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+256 414 543 681

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