Our Vision
PAWA's vision is
for African women and girls to live full and active lives, in
enjoyment of their rights in Norway.
Objectives:
- To establish a network for African Women and girls, so that
they can exchange experiences and ideas that will help them to meet
their everyday challenges.
- To create a space in which African women and girls can speak
for themselves.
- To challenge dominant stereotypes about African women and girls
in the Norwegian media, through lobbying and advocacy.
- To highlight the importance of mental and physical well being
within the different African communities in Norway.
- To ensure that information specifically targeting women's and
children's s lives in Norway is made available in the African
communities.
- To be a point of contact and a source of information for newly
arrived African women and children in Norway.
- To highlight the importance of the links that Africans in
Norway have to communities in Africa.
