In 2025, AWIU awarded grants to 19 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage
2025 AWIU Representative List Of Grant Recipients
CAMEROON
Community Empowerment Agency for Sustainable Development (CEMASUD)
To train and support startup in sustainable market gardening and business management
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Solidarity Aux Personnes Vulnerables Pour le Developpement Communautaire (SOPEVUDECO)
To train women in egg-laying hen farming and business
INDIA
The People’s Institute for Development and Training (PIDT)
To produce menstrual products, cotton towels, gamucha, and scarves
Community Action for Rural Development
To install a water purification plant at a secondary school
Human Organisation for Peoples Enlightenment (HOPE)
To train 38 tribal women in tailoring techniques, establish a stitching cooperative, and teach marketing skills
Rural Development Women Welfare Society (RDWWS)
To train women in kitchen gardening and nutrition to grow fruits and vegetables
IVORY COAST
Ivory Coast Mothers and Children
To purchase a new mobile grinding machine for cassava
KENYA
Upendo Women Initiative
To provide training in welding and fabrication, and support the mental health of women
UGANDA
Vital Care Connect
To provide 500 safety birth kits and maternity training
Anasi Farmers Association
To provide training and mentoring in beaded jewelry making, entrepreneurship, and sales
ACESO Community Gender Action
To expand mushroom farming, support mental health of women, and provide reusable pads and menstrual health education to girls
Foundation for Women Affected by Conflict (FOWAC)
To train young women in tailoring and stitching, provide psychosocial support, and create employment opportunities for selling products
Alpha Women Empowerment Initiative (AWEI)
To market and produce handcrafts
Youth and Women for Social and Economic Empowerment (YWSOEE)
To purchase an ultrasound machine for maternal health
Resilient Villages Uganda (REVU)
To purchase 20 bikes and 20 solar lights for girls to get to school on time and be able to study at night
Youth and Women Initiative for Sustainable Development (YWISD)
To construct a well on Wattuba spring to serve four villages with water
Women for Life Development Initiative (WOLIDEVE)
To purchase two solar fridges to protect vaccines for immunizations
Skilling for Rural Communities (SRUCO)
To train women in craft shoe making skills and purchase materials
Action for Development of Grassroots Communities (ADEGCO)
To purchase 50 bicycles for girls to attend school
2025 U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage
Zabib Musa Loro Bakhit, South Sudan
Henriette Da, Burkina Faso
Amat Al-Salam Al-Hajj, Yemen
Major Velena Iga, Papua New Guinea
Georgiana Pascu, Romania
Angelique Songco, Philippines
Amit Soussana, Israel
Namini Wijedasa, Sri Lanka
International Women of Courage Alumnae
Fatou Baldeh (Gambia, 2024)
Facia Harris (Liberia, 2022)
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Vietnam, 2017)
Roya Sadat (Afghanistan, 2018)
Arbana Xharra (Kosovo, 2015)
Benafsha Yaqoobi (Afghanistan, 2024)
