AWAU is a women-led organisation focused on raising the voices and profile of African women of colour in Australia. We are run by skilled African women representing countries across the continent with expertise from academia to the arts - from finance to science. Our mission is to ensure that the voices and lived experiences of continental African women and their descendants are centred and heard. This is central to national conversations that impact and have significance for Africans in Australia. Our purpose is to strengthen national intellectual capacity on African Women in Australia. We do this by being the hub for the most comprehensive, up-to-date and Afrocentric information about African women in Australia. By applying an approach that incorporates African feminist, human rights and intersectionality increases the impact of our work with African communities. AWAU works within a strengths-based human rights African feminisms framework. This framework both recognises and centralises intersectionality and intragroup variance and diversity. Our work is guided and informed by African women themselves through extensive consultations with African communities. AWAU is an organisation for African women, by African women.