Affected Women’s Forum (AWF)

Location/District: Ampara
Number of employees: 1-20
awfsrilanka7@gmail.com
Vanie Simon

Thematic Areas Of Work

Key Achievements

  • AWF has implemented more than 50 donor-funded projects. 
  • AWF has membership and affiliation with the WAN, WCM, a women's network, GBV task force almost all the DS Divisions in Ampara District. It also has 10 active youth groups.

Geographical Area Of Work

Ampara

Key Beneficiaries

Marginalized groups in Ampara District, with special focus on women and children

Projects

  • “The implementation of the Accompaniment Program for the families of the Missing persons in Ampara District” funded by (ICRC) 
  • “Families of disappeared empowered to advocate for their rights and stronger responsive SGBV mechanism in the Ampara district established” funded by (IDEA)
  • “Voices Against Violence GBV Global Initiative: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Sri Lanka” funded by (Global fund for Women) “Women in Learning and Leadership – WILL” funded by (Search For Common Ground (SFCG) )
  • “Reducing Violence -Against Women in Ampara Through Awareness Raising and Strengthening Response Mechanisms” funded by SPICE “Engendering rice paddy 
  • Growing Women's Leadership in eastern Sri Lanka” -1 st year funded by Oxfam “Women affected by sexual and gender-based violence from Ampara District advocate for their rights” funded by (IDEA) 
  • “To strengthen the capacity of women from marginalized groups in the Ampara district” funded by (The Asia Foundation),