This program involves developing and implementing strategies that will
lead to meaningful policy changes and reform in areas within which AWIDA
is involved. AWIDA will continue playing its role in Advocacy for
appropriate policy reforms in various aspects of women’s rights and
governance policies, especially in the following areas, among others:-
Women’s Rights and women’s political participation, gender equality,
HIV/AIDS and other cross-cutting Issues like the environment as well as
Local Governance to ensure the benefits of decentralization reaches
womenAt the close of 2016 and to mark International Migrant’s Day (18 Dec), IFRC’s Secretary General, Elhadj As Sy, delivered a special message to children, asking them to put aside negative perceptions about people who migrate and instead, welcome them into their communities and treat them with kindness and understanding. Here’s his message:

“International Migrants Day is an important day to think about all the people in the world who have had to leave their homes, including people who left because of wars or disasters, because they no longer had food or water, or because they wanted a better life for their families. Many of them even took dangerous journeys across oceans and deserts to find safety.”
At the close of 2016 and to mark International Migrant’s Day (18 Dec), IFRC’s Secretary General, Elhadj As Sy, delivered a special message to children, asking them to put aside negative perceptions about people who migrate and instead, welcome them into their communities and treat them with kindness and understanding. Here’s his message:

“International Migrants Day is an important day to think about all the people in the world who have had to leave their homes, including people who left because of wars or disasters, because they no longer had food or water, or because they wanted a better life for their families. Many of them even took dangerous journeys across oceans and deserts to find safety.”