SAWID is an independent South African Women's Platform committed to hearing the voice of every woman and to improving the status of women by engaging national government, the private sector, civil society, (including non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, faith-based organisations and donors) in partnership to shape community, provincial and continental agendas. The SAWID forum is impartial and not-for-profit and is tied to no party-political interests.
Past activities
SAWID also participated in:
- DRC (regional), April 2003
- Great Lakes (Rwanda), October 2004
- International Peace Forum (Geneva), November 2004
- International Peace Forum re the Sudan (Oslo), April 2005
- Elections Observer Missions in various African countries
SAWID has received invitations from the following countries
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Somalia
- Iraq
- Palestine-Israel
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