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AFRICAN WOMEN WELLNESS INITIATIVE –Empowering African women and girls to end FGM through advocacy, support, and community-driven collaboration

KWISA’s African Women Wellness Initiative is a strategic campaign to end FGM by empowering African women and girls, amplifying their voices, and driving systemic change. Through targeted consultations, evidence-based advocacy, and active engagement with policymakers and service providers, we work to dismantle barriers, improve support systems, and mobilize communities. Our collaborative approach within public and voluntary sector networks ensures sustainable impact and meaningful progress

NAUWU (Nothing About Us Without Us) –Advocating for Equity for Black Mothers & Babies

READ OUR REPORT  HERE:>> The Nothing About Us Without Us Report

NAUWU is a community participatory initiative which aims to end inequities in maternal health outcomes and experience for ethnic minority women of African Caribbean Heritage(WACH) living in Scotland, through asset-framed, culturally nuanced, empowering community education, participation & accountable co-production.

  • The initiative is a collaboration between KWISA, communities of WACH and NHS Lothian maternity voices partnership ( MVP).
  • This collaboration aims to reduce disparities and  reclaim the narrative around the reproductive well-being and aspirations of people from the African diaspora living in Lothian.

Previous Projects

THE GET TOGETHER-Connecting and empowering young African women to lead, grow, and inspire change

FGM/C IS MORE THAN CUTTING- Tackling female genital mutilation & violence against women/girls

 KWISA uses a holistic approach to preventing FGM based on our knowledge and experience that social change happens when the people who are affected by an issue take an active role in tackling the problem with support from policy and laws.

With the slogan ‘ FGM is more than cutting’, KWISA strongly recommends avoiding personal or single-story approaches and focuses on all types of FGM especially Type 4 which is least known in Scotland.

KWISA  pioneered engaging with communities and faith leaders in Scotland and works towards the restoration of the dignity of women and girls, preventing FGM and other harmful traditional practices ( HTPs) and supporting women and families affected by FGM to protect girls at risk. This project has built the foundation of work to address the impact of other HTPs such as elongation on the sexual and reproductive health of women from communities where such practices are prevalent.

Our work included:

  • Created spaces for empowering, supporting and engaging women and girls to speak for themselves
  • Training community champions and volunteers who are taking an active role in the community raising issues related to FGM.
  • Engagement with faith leaders to sign a declaration against FGM.
  • Facilitated joint events between service providers and survivors of FGM and other HTPS.
  • Supported women and girls affected by FGM and other HTPs.
  • KWISA contributed to FGM Working Groups and National strategic groups.
  • Maintained international links with FGM campaigners in the Diaspora and in Africa and continue to monitor global trends on FGM to ensure a coordinated approach.