Amanitare is an African Regional Network with a membership base located across 22 countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, The Gambia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Amanitare started as a project of Rainbo, a UK based African organisation working to advance the se
xual and reproductive health and rights of women on the African continent. Amnitare began by addressing issues of female ge***al mutilation but soon developed programmes which addressed all aspects of women’s sexual and reproductive health. It drew in many women’s groups on the continent right from the beginning so as to build a strong advocacy body for taking the concerns of women forward within a women’s rights framework. Amanitare works with individual and organizational members, who work specifically with women and young women and girls on different themes as a primary target group. The key target of our partners is marginalized women; the marginalization includes age, socio-economic status, HIV status, geographical location, displacement, sexual orientation and survivors of violence. Amanitare uses generational differences as a tool of empowerment and has consciously sought to build bridges between older women, young women, adolescents and girls in its programming strategies.
