name: Afghan Womenâ€™s Network
text: In 1995 seven Afghan women participants of the United Nations fourth World Conference on women in Beijing, China along with other Afghan women decided to establish the Afghan Women's Network (AWN) and developed a formal structure in 1996. At the present time there are 72 NGOs and 3000 individuals who have the membership of AWN.
  
  AWN is a non-partisan network of women and womenâ€™s NGOs working to empower Afghan women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan society. The members of the network also recognize the value and role of children as the future of Afghanistan and, as such, regard the empowerment and protection of children as fundamental to their work. The network seeks to enhance the effectiveness of its members by fostering partnership and collaboration between members, undertaking advocacy and lobbying, and building their individual capacities.
  
  The Afghan Womenâ€™s Network envisions an Afghanistan in which all members â€“ women, children, and men â€“ participate equally. Furthermore, the members aspire to create an Afghan community which values, respects, and encourages the tremendous capacities of women and their contributions to Afghan culture and society.
  
  http://www.afghanwomensnetwork.org/