About Us
Our Mission
AWEDP Forum is a nonprofit registered in the United States of America. We are dedicated to empowering women through knowledge and partnerships. Our activities are driven and defined by partnerships between leaders in the local communities and the people whose lives are affected. Our interdisciplinary approach also brings together other organisations working for the advancement of women and the stakeholders within these communities. Currently, the majority of our work is being implemented in several rural communities in Cameroon. However, our vision is to expand the programming throughout the African continent as well as throughout North America.
Our mission is to educate, encourage, and support women towards a greater role in local and national development through education in menstrual care.
Why you should get involved.
Young school girls are taken out of school and forced into premature marriages for which they are ill prepared just because they are menstruating. Girls stay home for the 4-5 days of menstruation. This makes it impossible for girls to meet their educational dreams.
Poverty limits the availability of menstrual pads. They resolve to using newspapers, leaves and very unconventional methods for menstruation. We want to provide young girls with a comfortable menstrual knowledge and a minimum supply of pads so girls can go to school and stay in school.
Pervasive taboos restrict menstruating women from participating in community life