About AWLN

The African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning (AWLN) is a collective of 35 African women leaders from 15 African countries. AWLN supports the efforts of African women to improve reproductive health and access to comprehensive family   

Our Objectives

AWLN's key goal is to strengthen global advocacy efforts for reproductive health and family planning by bringing to the foreground the voices and perspectives of African women. This is to ensure that the needs, experiences and aspirations of African women are addressed in   

Our Principles

AWLN's recognized access to comprehensive family planning and reproductive health as fundamental human rights. The network believes that African women are key to addressing the multiple crises of high maternal mortality, infant morbidity and low life expectancy on the   

Posted on: 10 January 2013 by in AWLN Blog

Bloomberg School Receives $28 Million for Family Planning Advocacy The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has received $28 million in grants ... 

Posted on: 04 December 2012 by in AWLN Blog

We would like to join in congratulating Ms Jane Kiragu, AWLN Member from Kenya who has been selected as one of the Civil Society Representatives for the ... 

Posted on: 22 November 2012 by in AWLN Blog

The use of female condoms, though a  cost effective measure to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) including HIV/AIDS and ... 

Posted on: 22 November 2012 by in AWLN Blog

After several stages of review of the National Health Insurance Bill on the floor of parliament, it has finally been passed by parliament. This followed ... 

Posted on: 09 October 2012 by in AWLN Blog

On the 27th- 28th September 2012, the International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region (IPPFAR) in partnership with The African Women Leaders Network ...