Gender and Development Unit visited AWSAD
Center for Cross Cutting Issues, Gender and Development Unit visited Association for Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) on June 23,2016.
The Unit annually plans to pay a visit centers and Associations who services the community. As a result the unit in collaboration with ECSU gender club visited Mekedoniya Elderly and Mentally Disable people Center three times.
This year, the gender club and the unit has planned to visit Association for Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD), so that the gender club has gathered used clothes from the university's students and donated to AWSAD.
Association for Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) is an Ethiopian charitable organization that gives shelter and support for women who are exposed/ victims of gender based violence. The association was established in 2006 and helped more than 5000 women in the past 10 years. The Association has launched another two branches in Oromiya Region.