AWM is a community of dynamic and leading women representing corporate, business, government, arts and sports in Africa and the diaspora. We seek to be a force of influence in industry to promote and proliferate the inclusion of women leaders in leadership spaces. AWM focuses on creating a significant and long-lasting legacy as a pipeline for future female leaders across Africa and the diaspora. To learn more about what we have in store going forward, please sign up here as a member to get direct communication from us and keep an eye on our events page on our website.
AWM is a woman-led community for women’s economic emancipation. Women’s economic empowerment though is intrinsically linked to sustainable development and is vital to the realization of human rights for all. It is with this mindset that we encourage individuals, governments, organizations, the private sector, and civil society from across Africa and the diaspora to join the movement through either membership, strategic partnerships or allyship.
Our members are also encouraged to step forward as cluster convenors. Cluster convenors are AWM members that volunteer their time over and above being members. Please click here if you would like to be considered as a cluster convenor.
The following persons residing in any African country who were assigned female at birth qualify to join AWM as members:
We also welcome persons that suit the above criterion in the African diaspora (Women In Diaspora – WID)
You can join the movement by filling in our membership form on our website. You will then receive a welcome email which will contain your unique membership number confirming your membership. Click here to complete a membership form.
AWM does not have a membership fee! We realise that great ideas do not come in a financial bracket. We seek to access, hone, develop and grow women in business, corporate, government, arts and sports in their quest towards self and economic actualisation.
At AWM, we actively seek to make economic advancement accessible to all women across the board; we are all about inclusivity.
Become a member today and join the movement by filling in our membership form here.
The following are the benefits of being an AWM member:
We are proponents of sustainable change for women with a focus on wealth, health and growth-focused impact. We leverage technology to make member engagements more interactive, effectively bringing our member community closer in a way that would ordinarily be difficult to do in person. Our membership community is segmented in a manner that encourages effective inter-generational and multisectoral interactions across the African continent and the diaspora in a deliberate manner. Our strategic focus is threefold:
Community
Influence
Legacy
Our member community is segmented as follows:
The following is a description of the member type:
Emerger:
Full-time and part-time students with limited or no work experience as well as entry-level professional women who want to thrive in their personal lives and careers; typically with working experience below 5 years or a business with revenue of below R5 million.
Evolver:
Mid-career women who seek to break through to the next stage of their careers and keep up with the needs in their personal lives; typically with working experience above 5 years or a business with revenue above R5 million.
Executive:
Women at the top of their careers who seek to increase their influence as change makers. These are women who typically occupy C-suite positions or own business/es with revenue above R20 million.
AWM Connect Groups are complimentary online communities that meet on the first week of each month excluding January and December. The groups are designed for members to come together according to their areas of interest with the purpose of intentional growth, building relationships, having fun and being equipped in an environment of support and encouragement. Connect groups are run by Connect Group Champions on a voluntary basis. Connect groups are relaxed and intended for attendees to open up about their lived experiences in the company of people they relate to. It is indeed a safe place to grow to your optimum potential. To sign up for each group, keep an eye out for dates and times in the events calendar.
The following Connect Groups are available for members to join:
Attending an AWM Connect Group is the ideal way for you as a member to ‘find your tribe’ within the AWM community. It is also a great way for you to be informed on the latest developments within the organization as well as keep in touch with the “Call To Action” to members that enable the organization to lobby for the collective interests of our members for the purpose of influencing any legislative or administrative action in pursuit of economic justice for women.
After you have signed up as an AWM member, an email will follow with a link to join the Connect Group/s you are interested in. In addition, look out for the dates when Connect Groups will meet in the events calendar and sign up. Alternatively, email members@awm.africa stating your desire to be part of a Connect Group.
Connect Groups are run by Connect Group Champions on a voluntary basis. Click here if you are keen to be considered as a Connect Group Champion.
The AWM calendar has signature events, signature training programmes as well as ad-hoc events and training programmes. Our calendar has been designed to cater for each type and sector of our member community. We have events designed for the Emerger, Evolver and Executive member and events designed for members in corporate, government, business, arts and sports. Members are encouraged to continuously check the events calendar for updates to identify events they are interested in.
For enquiries relating of custom events and programmes, email info@awm.africa.
We absolutely welcome to our events, training and workshops those who are not members at an additional charge.
There is systemic inequality between men and women. Universally, there are clear patterns of women’s inferior access to resources and opportunities. Moreover, women are systematically under-represented in decision-making processes that shape their societies and their own lives. This pattern of inequality is a constraint to the progress of any society because it limits the opportunities of one-half of its population. When women are constrained from reaching their full potential, that potential is lost to society as a whole.
While AWM is a community led by women for women, we recognise the integral role that our male counterparts can play alongside us in the process of empowering women to achieve sustainable impactful solutions from the grassroots level. AWM is also cognisant of the fact that gender inequality is not just a woman problem, but the men also benefit from gender parity. We welcome allyship from our male counterparts and encourage men interested in contributing to women economic emancipation, to contact us on info@awm.africa.
AWM plays an integral role in the empowerment, enablement, and promotion of excellent woman professionals and business leaders. AWM provides the seedbed for a collegial networking environment, and professional development pathway, all to see greater representation of women in business and corporate society. There are varying opportunities for mutually-beneficial partnerships through AWMs series of programmes and initiatives which deliver a female-led focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Kindly get in touch with us at partner@awm.africa to discuss potential partnership opportunities. Our team strives to provide a response within 24 hours.
Please note that we will only consider partnerships that are aligned to our vision, mission and values as well as fitting to who we are and what we do.