Religions for Peace

The African Women of Faith Network was launched in January 2003 as the first regional sub-network of the Global Network of Religious Women’s Organizations of Religions for Peace. It focuses on creating linkages with religious women’s organizations to ensure that they are actively engaged in transforming conflict and building peace and are positioned to access resources required for advancing sustainable development. By cooperating, mobilizing, transforming, advocating and delivering services, religious women of Africa are impacting the daily quality of life for all Africans.

The African Women of Faith Network brings together 400 organizations of women of faith, representing all the diverse religions and nations of the rich continent of Africa. A variety of faith traditions are represented including: Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Indigenous, Baha’i, and Buddhist. Member organization also come from a wide variety of nations: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D’Ivoire, Niger, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Malawi, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, The Gambia, Zimbabwe, Togo, Botswana, Senegal, Madagascar, Guinea, Swaziland and Mozambique.

Launch of Nigerian Women of Faith Network