WHO WE ARE
Africa Rising Women Led Network
Established in 2022, the Africa Rising Women Led Network (ARWNET) is a continental women-led initiative committed to transforming the narrative and lived realities of refugee, internal displaced and migrant women in Africa. ARWNET exists to amplify their leadership, protect their rights, and create inclusive spaces where displaced women and girls can thrive, influence policy, and lead change. Founded by refugee women for displaced women, ARWNET operates as a dynamic, multi-country network that mobilizes, connects, and equips organizations led by refugee, internal displaced and migrant women across Africa.
Our mission
To promote inclusion, strengthens leadership, and enhances resilience through strategic advocacy, and strong partnerships.
Our vision
To ensure that women and girls in the diaspora and internal displaced are, empowered, protected, and meaningfully engaged in shaping the policies and decisions that affect their lives and communities.
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Our Focus 
The social issues it addresses
ARWNET adopts a multi-pronged, grassroots-to-global approach that centers the voices and agency of organizations led by refugee, internal displaced and migrant women. Our work is designed around four strategic pillars
Leadership and Advocacy
ARWNET equips women leaders with tools, training, and platforms to engage in decision-making at community, national, continental, and global levels. We nurture a new generation of refugee women leaders through fellowships, campaigns, and dialogue spaces.
Socio-Economic Empowerment and self-resilience
We foster economic inclusion through vocational training, entrepreneurship, digital literacy, and access to financial services. Our initiatives promote sustainable livelihoods, social cohesion, and resilience.
Policy Influence and Legal Empowerment
ARWNET conducts research, documents lived experiences and contributes to national and regional policy dialogues. We engage governments and institutions to strengthen refugee protection frameworks and gender-responsive migration policies
Institutional Strengthening and Solidarity Building
We invest in the organizational development of refugee women-led groups, facilitating peer learning, mentorship, and cross-border networks. ARWNET builds solidarity across movements to drive collective action for systemic change.
Our Core Values
● Gender justice ● Inclusion and participation ● Accountability ● Resilience ● Solidarity
Our Partners