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African Women's Development and Communication Network

Acronym: FEMNET

General Information

Identification Code: 518780852548-09
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Entity Form: Pan-African network of women's rights and feminist organizations in Africa
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/22/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan- African, feminist and membership-based network based in Nairobi with over 800 members across 49 African countries. FEMNET exists to facilitate and coordinate the sharing of experiences, ideas, information, and strategies for human rights promotion among African women’s organizations through networking, communication, capacity-building and advocacy at the regional and international levels. Since inception in 1988, FEMNET has strategically positioned herself as a convenor, organizer and facilitator on dialogues around critical issues including women’s involvement in governance and leadership, promoting women’s economic justice, advocating for women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, ending gender-based violence and harmful practices (such as female genital mutilation and child marriage) and strengthening the women’s movement in Africa. www.femnet.org
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Taxation
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • sub-national
  • national
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The EU Gender Action Plan EU Policy Forum on Development
Communication Activities: Member of the Steering Group for Structured Dialogue on Gender Action Plan Africa Representative for CSOs in the EU Policy Forum on Development
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development

Head Office

Address: 12 Masaba Road, Lower Hill
Post Code: 00200
City: Nairobi
Country: KENYA
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EU Office

Address: 12 Masaba Road, Lower Hill
Post Code: 00200
City: Nairobi
Country: KENYA
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 2
Members: 6
Members F T E: 3.75

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida Uganda) Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) Egyptian Business Women Association (EBWA) Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) Rwanda Women's Network HelpAge International Stella’s Girls (Liberia) West African Network of Young Women Leaders (ROAJELF) Women and Law in Southern Africa – the Zimbabwe Chapter Tunisian Association of Governance and Equal Opportunities between Women and Men in Decision-Making Positions (ATGEC) Integrated Disabled Women Activities (IDIWA) MUSONET Mali Young and Alive Initiative PROMODEF Mali Non-governmental Gender Organisations' Coordinating Council (NGOCC) RECODE Senegal Canelle Foundation Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence Zimbabwe Womens Rights And Health Project Nigeria New Millenium Women Empowerment Organization Actions pour la Réinsertion sociale de la Femme (ARSF) Women for A Change Cameroon (WfAC) Jumuiya Women's Fund Kenya Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre CONAFED (DRC) Young Women Leadership Institute (YWLI) Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) Gingko Africa Limited Badili Africa Africa Center for Health Systems and Gender Justice Women Development Fund (WODEF) White Ribbon Alliance Kenya The Amazon Leadership Concerned Women International Development Initiative Women's Rural Empowerment Partnerships in Africa (WREPA)
Organisation Members: EU Policy Forum on Development (PFD) Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) NGO CSW/ Africa Women's Major Group Women's Working Group on Financing for Development (WWG on FfD) African Women and Gender Constituency on Climate Justice Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (FFP Collab)