Our Impactful Projects for Afghan Women

Empowerment Projects for Afghan Women in Blacktown & Western Sydney | AWOTM

Our projects support Afghan women in Australia to thrive, belong and lead. From Blacktow, across Western Sydney and NSW, our wellbeing programs offer culturally safe counselling, peer support circles and activities that strengthen mental health, resilience and connection. Leadership initiatives build confidence and voice — mentoring, public speaking workshops and community advocacy training help women take on leadership roles in families, workplaces and local organisations.

Skills and employment programs focus on practical pathways to work and financial independence: accredited training, job-readiness coaching, digital literacy, resume and interview support, and small-business mentoring for women exploring entrepreneurship.

Our Projects Delivered to Date

  • A healthcare professional talking to a patient through a transparent shield at a mammogram machine.

    Breast & bowel cancer screening awareness

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    Health & Wellbeing

  • Afghan women participating in a digital literacy workshop in Blacktown.

    Digital Sisters

    Building skills and confidence to use digital tools effectively, creating equal access to digital services and information for migrant and refugee women.
    Employment & Skill Building

  • A woman wearing a red and black patterned headscarf sitting among a group of people at an indoor gathering or event.

    Financial Abuse Responses

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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  • Learning to Drive for Afghan Women across Western Sydney

    Driving to Employment

    Learning to Drive for Afghan and Multicultural Women in Sydney is an opportunity for women of diverse backgrounds to gain independence and confidence.
    Employment & Skill Building

  • Ladies Nights

    Evenings for Afghan and migrant women to come together in a relaxed social environment and build their social connections.
    Health & Wellbeing & Social Connections

  • Learn to Swim

    This program is designed to address basic swimming life-saving skills, swimming techniques and water safety for multicultural women.
    Health & Wellbeing

  • Kitchen Connect

    Kitchen Connect is an initiative of Afghan Women on the Move and seeks to build capacity through cooking and story-telling and promoting women in business.
    Employment & Skill Building

  • Four women standing together, smiling, in a professional setting with a yellow and white background displaying part of the words 'Come... N...'

    About Next Chapter Innovation

    AWOTM delivered on its Next Chapter Innovation grant commiments to deliver our innovative response to financial abuse recovery.

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  • Tea and Talk in COVID

    COVID Information sessions delivered to help keep women and familiies healthy and well during COVID.
    Health & Wellbeing

  • The Good Woman

    The inspiring stories of Maryam Zahid and the women she met in founding Afghan Women on the Move as a compelling autobiographical theatrical performance. Read more.‍ ‍
    Arts & Culture

  • Stitching Dreams

    The project aims to empower immigrant women to be meaningfully engaged in the community and find a sense of belonging, bring women together to learn about wellness, financial literacy and other topics, enjoy arts and crafts and build new friendships.

We also deliver innovative community projects that respond to women’s needs - intergenerational cultural events, women-led social enterprises, and collaborative incubation programs that create work experience and social connections. All programs are delivered with cultural and language sensitivity.

  • Afghan women wellbeing support.

  • Women’s leadership development.

  • Settlement and community support.

  • Skills and capacity building.

  • Mental health and social connection.