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Message*	Women Watch Afrika <a href="http://gpjn.org/organizations/?id=330">http://gpjn.org/organizations/?id=330</a> Women Watch Afrika (WWA) is a non-profit, non-governmental, grassroots women's organization focused on the alleviation of gender discrimination and the development of women and girls. The primary goal of WWA is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, and promote the social and economic development of women and girls. It was established in November 1994 in Dakar, Senegal by a group of female professionals to this end. WWA examines the continuing barriers to the application of local and international laws for the protection of the rights of women.<br /> The organization advocates laws to protect the rights of women and female children, the application of those laws, and develops and implements programs which promote economic self sufficiency and empowerment of women. WWA was established in Atlanta in 1997. The organization networks and works collaboratively with local, national and international organizations with similar goals to stimulate the exchange of information, promote the advancement of women, and to share training opportunities and group development.<br /> The intent of such collaboration is to bring about economic and political developments that will benefit women in both Africa and the United States and to foster good relationships with other nations. WWA is the only service providing African women's organization in the metro Atlanta area that serves women from English speaking African countries. Women who speak English receive less social support and fewer services because of the mistaken notion that since they know the language, they are able to negotiate a system that is totally foreign to them. It is also important to know that we have programs that cross gender line for the education of boys and men on the value of a violence-free world.<br /> <br /> <br /> WWA Presence in Africa<br /> WWA have branches in Africa that focuses on poverty alleviation, HIV/AIDS prevention education and awareness, education for the girl child, and violence against women. WWA works with teenagers 14-24 yrs who take to the streets in the day time to beg, and steal at nights or engage in selling their bodies in exchange for food. WWA reaches out to the unreachable, and brings love and hope to the unlovable by providing food, emotional and other support to the hungry and needy.<br /> <br /> Women Watch Afrika (WWA) is a non-profit, non-governmental, grassroots women's organization focused on the alleviation of gender discrimination and the development of women and girls. The primary goal of WWA is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, and promote the social and economic development of women and girls.<br /> <br /> DeKalb County is one of the most densely populated counties in the state of Georgia. It is home to a large population of immigrants and refugees; 52% of the state's immigrant population resides in DeKalb County. The counties population has grown considerably in the past decade.<br /> <br /> The DeKalb County community is comprised of the following:<br /> <br /> Arab-speaking 3,645 <br /> <br /> English-speaking 4,249 <br /> <br /> Francophone African 1,658 <br /> <br /> Bosnian 4,927<br /> <br /> Ethiopian 3,892<br /> <br /> Somali 5,342<br /> <br /> It is clear, from the statistics that it is pertinent to offer services that cater to the immigrant community, and it is to that end, that Women Watch Afrika is dedicated. There is a large population of English speaking immigrants and refugees whose needs have been overlooked by agencies. Women Watch Afrika recognizes their needs and provides services for the English-speaking African women of DeKalb County.<br /> <br /> WWA provides services for women from the following countries: Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Women Watch Afrika (WWA) is a non-profit, non-governmental, grassroots women's organization focused on the alleviation of gender discrimination and the development of women and girls. The primary goal of WWA is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, and promote the social and economic development of women and girls. It was established in November 1994 in Dakar, Senegal by a group of female professionals to this end. WWA examines the continuing barriers to the application of local and international laws for the protection of the rights of women.
The organization advocates laws to protect the rights of women and female children, the application of those laws, and develops and implements programs which promote economic self sufficiency and empowerment of women. WWA was established in Atlanta in 1997. The organization networks and works collaboratively with local, national and international organizations with similar goals to stimulate the exchange of information, promote the advancement of women, and to share training opportunities and group development.
The intent of such collaboration is to bring about economic and political developments that will benefit women in both Africa and the United States and to foster good relationships with other nations. WWA is the only service providing African women's organization in the metro Atlanta area that serves women from English speaking African countries. Women who speak English receive less social support and fewer services because of the mistaken notion that since they know the language, they are able to negotiate a system that is totally foreign to them. It is also important to know that we have programs that cross gender line for the education of boys and men on the value of a violence-free world.

WWA Presence in Africa
WWA have branches in Africa that focuses on poverty alleviation, HIV/AIDS prevention education and awareness, education for the girl child, and violence against women. WWA works with teenagers 14-24 yrs who take to the streets in the day time to beg, and steal at nights or engage in selling their bodies in exchange for food. WWA reaches out to the unreachable, and brings love and hope to the unlovable by providing food, emotional and other support to the hungry and needy.

Women Watch Afrika (WWA) is a non-profit, non-governmental, grassroots women's organization focused on the alleviation of gender discrimination and the development of women and girls. The primary goal of WWA is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, and promote the social and economic development of women and girls.

DeKalb County is one of the most densely populated counties in the state of Georgia. It is home to a large population of immigrants and refugees; 52% of the state's immigrant population resides in DeKalb County. The counties population has grown considerably in the past decade.

The DeKalb County community is comprised of the following:

Arab-speaking 3,645

English-speaking 4,249

Francophone African 1,658

Bosnian 4,927

Ethiopian 3,892

Somali 5,342

It is clear, from the statistics that it is pertinent to offer services that cater to the immigrant community, and it is to that end, that Women Watch Afrika is dedicated. There is a large population of English speaking immigrants and refugees whose needs have been overlooked by agencies. Women Watch Afrika recognizes their needs and provides services for the English-speaking African women of DeKalb County.

WWA provides services for women from the following countries: Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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