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The African Women’s Group
is a regional group of the United Nations Women’s Guild. As the UNWG,
the Group is a non–profit making association. Members are African
or African related women who are connected, directly or indirectly, with
the Rome based agencies of the United Nations (FAO, WFP, IFAD). The purpose of the Group is to conduct activities of interest to the members, based exclusively on voluntary work. All members freely accept to dedicate a fraction of their time to the achievement of the common goals, that are: • promoting friendship, exchange of cultural experiences and solidarity among the members, • working together for developing new ideas and opportunities for raising funds to the benefit of the disadvantaged women and children of the African continent. The Group pursues these objectives through frequent membership gatherings hosted on rotation in the home of a member.The Group has also the aspiration to play a lead role in advocacy for the diverse, rich cultural heritages of the African peoples, a distinctive mark of which the membership is particularly proud. For this, the Group is committed to organise social events open to non members, such as lunch or dinner parties based on African traditional cuisine, arts and crafts exhibits, and presentations of the works of African artists and writers. Beyond its regional focus, the Group membership is ready to mobilise efforts and resources in response to the UNWG call for relief assistance on occasion of humanitarian crises caused by natural or man–made emergencies. The Group normally carries out a minimum of four fund–raising events per year, one of which coincides with the UNWG Bazaar that takes place at St Stephen’s School in November. Every other year, the African Group organises its celebrated dinner dance, that is hosted in the premises of one of the Rome based UN agencies, attracting wide participation of international staff of these agencies and their Italian colleagues and friends. The President, Dr. Zeinab Gregorio |
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