FOMWAN, Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria
Country: NigeriaWebsite: http://www.fomwan.org
The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) was established in October 1985 as a non-profit and non-governmental civil society umbrella body for Muslim women associations in Nigeria. Today FOMWAN is in 34 states of the federation and has over 500 affiliate groups.
The mission of FOMWAN is to propagate the religion of Islam in Nigeria through da’awah, establishment of educational institutions and other outreach activities. And to improve the socio-economic status of the populace especially women, youth and children through training, provision of qualitative education, health and humanitarian services, micro enterprise scheme and advocacy.
