Find your people.
Meet African women, community leaders, partners and allies who share your ambition. Make connections that continue long after the day ends.
AWEF RISE · The Women’s Empowerment Tour
Rise,
together.
A gathering for African women ready to connect, learn and lead. Meet the people, share the ideas and open new doors.
- When
- November 2026
- Where
- Cities and dates announced soon
A gathering with purpose
Many voices. One shared rise.
AWEF RISE brings African women together around the conversations that matter: connection, leadership and possibility. It is built on the belief that has shaped AWEF since 2006. Women are not just beneficiaries. They are leaders.
Experience is knowledge.
Explore leadership, enterprise, wellbeing and rights through the knowledge of women who have lived it. Women are not case studies. They are experts in their own lives.
Voice is power.
Bring your experience, your questions and your ambition. Find your voice, grow as a leader and help shape what comes next for women in your community.
Who RISE is for
Made for women with somewhere to go.
- 01
African women
Women at every stage of the journey who are ready to connect, learn and lead.
- 02
Refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women
Women building new lives who want community, information and opportunity on their own terms.
- 03
Community leaders
People already organising, mentoring, volunteering and representing their communities, and those ready to start.
- 04
Partners and allies
Organisations, professionals and supporters who want to work alongside African women, not on their behalf.
The journey continues
One gathering. A longer story.
AWEF RISE is one gathering in a busy year. AWEF @ 20, our 20th anniversary, follows in 2027: two decades of women’s voices, and a journey that continues.
- November 2026
AWEF RISE, The Women’s Empowerment Tour
A gathering for African women ready to connect, learn and lead. Cities and dates announced soon.
- 2027
AWEF @ 20 Awards and Anniversary programme
Honouring the Journey. Celebrating the Impact. Building the Future.
Our 20th anniversary is an opportunity to document AWEF’s history, recognise the women and partners who helped build it, share stories of change and strengthen a new era of leadership, partnership and impact.
20 years of experience. 20 years of women’s voices. 20 years of empowerment. And our journey continues.
Community in action
Rooted in community.
Community sessions, listening and partnership across Nottingham. RISE grows out of this everyday work.
Register your interest
Your place in the conversation.
Support the woman. Strengthen the community. Influence the system.
Interested in attending, speaking, hosting or partnering?
Tell us your city and how you would like to be involved. Registering your interest does not commit you to anything. It means you hear first when cities, dates and booking details are announced.