WGNRR Africa is a regional, grassroots-led feminist network that strengthens organizations, mobilizes movements, and advances sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice across Africa.
Who We Are
WGNRR Africa is a regional, grassroots-led feminist network with East African roots and continental reach, working with movements and communities for bodily autonomy, equality, and justice.
From our base in Dar es Salaam, we work primarily across East, Central, and Southern Africa with feminist organizations, youth-led groups, and community movements to strengthen collective power, amplify marginalized voices, and advance bodily autonomy.
We envision an Africa where all people can exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, make decisions about their bodies and lives, and live with dignity, equality, and justice.
Our Impact
Since 2016, WGNRR Africa and its partners have strengthened organizations, trained advocates, and amplified community voices for reproductive justice.
75+
Grassroots CSOs engaged
Across 7 countries, 2016–2025
500+
Community leaders, youth ambassadors and CSO representatives trained
To lead SRHR advocacy, 2016–2022
8.7M
People engaged through digital advocacy
Including May 28 and September 28 campaigns, 2020–2023
5
National and cross-national networks facilitated
Coordinating grassroots SRHR advocacy, 2016–2025
Figures are drawn from WGNRR Africa's documented programme milestones.
What We Do
WGNRR Africa works with movements and partners to advance reproductive justice by strengthening access to information, rights-based healthcare, accountability, and collective action.
We support feminist movements, organizations, and communities to advance bodily autonomy and reproductive justice through advocacy, evidence generation, and collective action.
Our work addresses barriers that affect people's ability to make informed decisions about their bodies and reproductive lives, including stigma, discrimination, restrictive environments, and unequal access to care.
We work with young people and youth-led organizations to strengthen access to information, amplify youth voices, and support meaningful participation in decisions affecting their sexual and reproductive lives.
Through partnership, advocacy, and capacity strengthening, we support young people to claim their rights and shape more inclusive SRHR systems.
We promote respectful and rights-based reproductive healthcare by strengthening accountability for experiences that undermine dignity, safety, and quality of care.
This includes addressing preventable maternal deaths, documenting community experiences, addressing obstetric violence, supporting accountability initiatives, and advocating for health systems that respect women's and girls' rights.
We strengthen grassroots organizations, feminist groups, and youth-led movements through capacity development, advocacy support, knowledge sharing, and organizational strengthening.
Capacity strengthening is part of our contribution to the wider movement, supporting partners to lead strategic SRHR action at national, sub-regional, and regional levels.
How We Work
Lasting reproductive justice change requires more than individual interventions. It requires strong, connected, and resilient movements with the knowledge, relationships, resources, and collective power to transform systems.
WGNRR Africa strengthens the organizations, movements, and collective action needed to advance reproductive justice over time. We work through partnership, solidarity, and shared learning, supporting movements to build power, amplify voices, influence decisions, mobilize resources, and create sustainable change.
Our approach is built around five interconnected roles:
We strengthen grassroots organizations, feminist groups, and youth-led movements through capacity development, advocacy support, knowledge sharing, and organizational strengthening.
We bring together organizations, activists, and allies across regions to build solidarity, share learning, and create collective responses to shared challenges.
We support collective advocacy, campaigns, and community engagement that amplify voices demanding reproductive justice and accountability.
We strengthen movement resilience and support safer civic spaces where feminist organizations and activists can continue defending rights.
We connect community experiences and evidence with policy advocacy and dialogues, legal reform, and accountability processes to influence systems change.
Change happens when communities, movements, and advocates come together.
Through campaigns, public actions, and movement platforms, WGNRR Africa creates spaces where feminist voices are amplified, shared priorities are advanced, and collective action for reproductive justice is strengthened.
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Learn MoreStay connected with stories, reflections, campaigns, and resources from WGNRR Africa and the wider reproductive justice movement.
Explore updates from our partnerships, advocacy efforts, community engagements, and learning initiatives.
Partner experiences, community voices, and feminist reflections.
Key moments, campaigns, and movement actions.
Reports, publications, tools, and knowledge products.
Grassroots leaders and allies convened to strengthen collaboration on feminist and SRHR advocacy priorities.
We welcome new board members as we strengthen governance to support our growing partnership network.
Our partners continue working toward safe, rights-based abortion care and reduced maternal harm.
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