Our core competencies:
AWSDC core competencies is found in Women’s rights and supporting survival of GBV through Women Protection Centers, Child Protection, Peacebuilding, Livelihoods, WASH and Humanitarian Response. AWSDC has been engaged in promoting women’s rights through advocacy, lobby, mobilizing and increasing women’s capacity to claim their rights- develop the capacity of the rights holders and challenge the duty bearers to understand their responsibility and act more responsibly. AWSDC has been the pioneer in establishing Protection Center (Shelter) for the survivors of GBV in Kabul since 2005 and then increased level of violation AWSDC managed and run Shelter in other provinces of Afghanistan such as in Bamyan. To protect the rights of the women as sustainable approach AWSDC supported and develop the capacity of community-based Women Rights Defenders across Northern provinces to report violation of human rights. Since 2022 AWSDC scaled up its Women Protection services in Balkh province while Child Protection in Herat Province. The coverage areas of GBV/Women Protection have been extended to Paktya, Bamyan, Kunduz and Kandahar Provinces. Meanwhile, AWSDC has been engaged with UN-WOMEN to scale up its Women Protection Center/Family Resource Centers currently in Kabul to Kunduz and Kandahar provinces. AWSDC has been the first women lead organization in supporting rural communities in conflict management through establishing community-based Peacebuilding Shuras. Likewise, AWSDC as of 2013 has strived inclusion of women in government led High Peace Council both at national level and Provincial level.