SOCIETY FOR WOMEN AND AIDS
IN AFRICA (SWAA)
ASSOCIATION POUR LES FEMMES AFRICAINES FACE AU SIDA (AFAFSI)
STRUCTURE

SWAA carries out its operations through three bodies:
  1. The Steering Committee
    It is comprised of 11 women originating from different African countries, it is SWAA's coordinating body. The Steering Committee is entrusted with planning and supervising activities such as the installation of reference sections, the organization of biennial conferences on Women and AIDS and the General Assembly.
    The Steering Committee is also responsible for promotion relations between chapters finding institutions and other donors, as well as training on HIV/AIDS prevention of SWAA's partner NGOs (National, regional, international).

  2. Subregional Coordinators
    SWAA functions with four coordinators who are based in West, East, Central and Southern Africa;

  3. National Chapters
    National chapters are semi-autonomous and constitute SWAA's from which HIV/AIDS local priorities and programs are articulated. They involve grassroots women groups and populations in the design and implementation of projects within ten years.

    SWAA exists in 30 countries :
    ANGOLA; BENIN; BOSTWANA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CENTRAFRIQUE; COMORES; COTE D'IVOIRE; GABON; GHANA; GUINEA; KENYA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; RWANDA; REP. D. CONGO; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TCHAD; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA


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