Our mission
Access, agency and rights.
To empower Deaf women and girls to access sexual and reproductive health and rights services, helping build a society where inclusion is practical, visible and sustained.
About DWAI
Deaf women are not a footnote in inclusion.They are leaders of it.
Deaf Women Aloud Initiative is a women-led, disability-inclusive non-governmental organization based in Kuje, Abuja-FCT, Nigeria.
Since 2018, DWAI has worked to amplify Deaf women's voices, reduce exploitation and discrimination, advance social inclusion, and improve access to sexual and reproductive health information and services.
Our vision
No barriers. No exclusion.
A society where sexual and reproductive health information and services are accessible to Deaf women and girls without communication barriers or discrimination.
EST.2018
Kuje · Abuja-FCT
Why DWAI exists
When communication is inaccessible, rights become harder to use.
Deaf women and girls often encounter overlapping barriers: gender discrimination, audism, inaccessible health communication, stigma, violence and limited participation in decisions that affect them.
DWAI responds by combining accessible information, community education, direct advocacy and partnership. The goal is not to speak over Deaf women, but to strengthen the space, tools and systems that allow their own voices to lead.
Our compass
Four principles behind the work.
Voice
Deaf women and girls should speak for themselves and be heard.
Access
Information and services must be usable, not merely available.
Dignity
Every person deserves safety, respect and informed choice.
Leadership
Those closest to a barrier should help lead its removal.
Our approach
Community voice to systems change.
DWAI links lived experience with the people, policies and resources that can make access real.
Listen in the language people use
We centre the lived experience and leadership of Deaf women and girls, with communication that is accessible and respectful.
Turn experience into evidence
Community knowledge helps identify the barriers in health, safety, education, justice and public participation that need to change.
Bring decision-makers to the table
We connect communities with health workers, schools, public institutions and partners who can act on those barriers.
Build access that lasts
We advocate for inclusive budgets, trained personnel, accessible information and policies that continue beyond a single project.
Registration & contact
Active. Accountable. Rooted in Abuja.
DWAI is registered in Nigeria as an Incorporated Trustee and operates from Kuje in the Federal Capital Territory.
- Registered name
- DEAF WOMEN ALOUD INITIATIVE
- Registration number
- RC 120111
- Legal form
- Incorporated Trustee
- Registration date
- 30 October 2018
- Status
- Active
- Office
- P&D Plaza, beside Best Buyer Supermarket, Kuje, Abuja-FCT
- info@dwai.org.ng
- Telephone
- +234 803 750 0671
中文参考简介
聋人女性发声倡议组织
DEAF WOMEN ALOUD INITIATIVE（简称 DWAI）是位于尼日利亚阿布贾联邦首都区 Kuje 的女性主导、残障包容型非营利组织。组织重点推动聋人女性和女孩获得无障碍的性与生殖健康及权利信息与服务，并开展反歧视、反性别暴力、数字安全、社会参与和领导力倡导。
法律形式为 Incorporated Trustee，注册号 RC 120111，注册日期为 2018年10月30日，目前状态为 Active。
Start a conversation
Access grows when we build it together.
Partner with DWAI, invite our team into an accessibility conversation, or ask how you can support the work.