Nawara Women’s Network for the Middle East and North Africa

About Nawara

Opening Message from Nawara Women's Network

By Amal El Karouaoui

Women are creating a positive change in our world. Since our very first Nawara Meeting, our vision has evolved in a number of ways.

Nawara is fully dedicated to empowering and elevating the profitability of all Nawara women and give them the power to succeed and realize their full potential.

Successful Nawara members have a unique power to attract more women into the ranks of the best development through a world of reflection and creation, and to draw a productive feminine world in its domestic and societal setting. Success breeds success; and so, our mission remains constant.

Nawara is a powerful force. Join us in our quest to better serve our society, our communities we call home.

Nawara's Mission

Nawara’s Mission is to serve individuals and families in the most vulnerable situations. Our strength lies in our diversity, our resources, and our experience. We promote creative and innovative solutions and advocate for national and international responsibility.

We promote and facilitate sustainable change by:

  • Strengthening self-help capacity
  • Providing expertise by renowned professionals
  • Providing economic opportunities
  • Addressing discrimination in all its forms

Inspired by a better world for everyone, we forge a path of excellence and compassion. Nawara’s slogan is: we deserve a better life

Nawara's Values

  • Gender equity - Women and girls in all their diversity deserve equal and equitable choices and representation
  • Inclusion and diversity – Women across the MENA region are diverse, and Nawara welcomes everyone. Women on the margins of society are Nawara’s community, not adjacent to community, and their voices are part of Nawara.
  • Self-determination - Nawara understands that women in all their diversity should make their own decisions; we do not decide for them.
  • Human rights - Human rights is both a core value that guides our activities, and a legal framework and system of enforcement mechanisms.
  • Anti-violence - Nawara envisions an end to violence and discrimination against women.
  • Dignity - The dignity of women in all their diversity is reflected in Nawara Women’s Network’s values.

Nawara's Objective

Nawara’s objective is for Nawara to use its broad mission to work with other regional networks, inviting everyone to work together to achieve shared goals through collaboration and supporting other groups beyond each organization or network specific mission.