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= AFRICA REGIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN = [[File:ARCW Logo.jpg|thumb|African Regional Council of Women

Founded: 2018

Type: Non-Governmental-Organisation

President: Dr. Mrs. Gloria Laraba Shoda mni

Website: www.africanregionalcouncilofwomen.com


 * alt=alternate]]The Africa Regional Council of Women is a Non-Governmental, non-partisan, women’s Organization founded to promote the rights of women, girls in Africa and providing

credible platforms for ventilating gender issues. The body was recently inaugurated and constituted into the board of the International Council for Women[1] (ICW).

The Council was created to serve as the umbrella body for all the African countries where there is National Councils of Women Presently we have National Council in (Nigeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda Cameroon, Tunisia, Congo, Senegal) to coordinate activities in this existing 11 member countries and to integrate other 44 sister countries from the five main Regions of Africa: East Africa: Ethiopia and Tanzania ; North Africa: Egypt and Algeria; Central Africa: Gabon and Equatorial Guinea; South Africa: Rwanda,  Zimbabwe and Zambia; all West African Countries.

History
The African Regional Council of Women was formed at the 2018 during the Annual General Assembly (AGM) in Jogjakarta Indonesia. Three executives were appointed and assigned the responsibility of registering the Council. Dr. Mrs. Gloria Laraba Shoda, mni, was appointed in the leadership position as the Regional President of the Council with two (2) other country heads from South Africa, Morolo Morukhu F Tselane, as secretary and Zniber Saida, as treasurer from Morocco.

The first inaugural conference of the council was supposed to take place in Abuja the State capital of Nigeria on Tuesday 16th - 19th June, 2020 but was postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and subsequent Covid vaccination. The conference was held on 8th - 11th June, 2021 and was downsized to National Delegates, country representatives from the Embassies. The conference afforded the opportunity to discuss issues relating to the contemporary African woman, NCWS and ARCW to harness various women networks.

Goals
The goal of ARCW includes among others to improve the welfare, progress and standard of living of women, girls and vulnerable Africa and to increase the role of women in playing greater roles in political life through access to decision making. Other arms include ensuring through legal and political means that women have the opportunity to participate as responsible members in community development and growth in their country.

ARCW is the umbrella body for all National Council of Women  (NCW) and network of independent Women’s Organization in Africa. ARCW is an affiliate of International Council of Women (ICW). ICW has long been at the epicenter of the Global Women’s Movement, improving the lives of virtually billions of women in every corner of the world. Only one Oganisation shall be an affiliate of the ARCW

The African Regional Council of Women, as the umbrella organization for all National Women Organization in Africa has the following mandates:


 * Co-ordination of activities of women organizaton in Africa
 * Integration of Africa Women promotion of the integration of Africa Women, girls and the vulnerable
 * Create the synergy to empower more African Women with financial and entrepreneurship empowerment
 * To create more window and measures to curb domestic violence through  alternative dispute resolution across African Continent
 * To create the effective means of curbing sexual harassment of women, girls and the vulnerable on the African Continent.

Affiliate Councils
All African countries can have an organisation affiliated to the African Council. However, we only have the following councils for now:
 * 1) Cameroon - Organization des Femmes du Rassemblement Democratique du people Camerounais RDPC
 * 2) Congo - Des Femmes dis Congo CONAFECO
 * 3) Kenya - National Council of Women (NCWK) Kenya
 * 4) Lesotho - Lesotho National Council of Women
 * 5) Madagascar - Council National des Femmes De Madagascar (CNFM)
 * 6) Morocco - Union Nationale des Femmes Marocaines (UNFM)
 * 7) Nigeria - National Council of Women Societies
 * 8) Senegal - Association pour la Promotion de la Femme senegalaise
 * 9) South Africa - National Council of African Women
 * 10) Tunisia - Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne
 * 11) Uganda - National Association of Women’s Organizations in Uganda NAWOU

Reference:
Abuja to host Africa Regional Council of Women Conference nnn

Africa Regional Women Conference holds in Abuja Blueprint

Africa women HQ NCWS OFFICE ABUDU ONIBUDE VI LAGOS

NCWS HQ 559CAYANGBA STREET GARKI AREA 11 ABUJA FCT LIAISON OFFICE Blueprint

Email: africanregionalcouncilofwomen@gmail.com, gloriashoda2@gmail.com