Arraweelo
Girls Power

Arraweelo Girls Power envisions a world where every young woman and girl is safe, empowered, and free from violence, discrimination, and fear. We strive to build a future where girls and young women lead with confidence, dignity, and power—actively shaping their lives, communities, and society at large.

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ABOUT US

Arraweelo Girls Power is a grassroots, young women-led feminist movement established in 2021 in Jigjiga, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia. Rooted in a region deeply affected by patriarchal norms and systemic gender inequalities, the movement emerged in response to the urgent challenges faced by women and girls—including gender-based violence (GBV), rape, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), exclusion from decision-making spaces, and broader social injustices.

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We are young women-led feminist movement born to challenge gender inequality, violence, and exclusion.

We proudly carry the name of Queen Arraweelo—a symbol of defiance and feminist leadership in Somali history.

We’re nurturing a new generation of feminist leaders who are fearless, informed, and unapologetically vocal about the changes they want to see.

We believe that real change comes from collective action, community-rooted feminism, and amplifying the voices of those most affected by injustice.

Join us—your voice matters. Your leadership is needed. Together, we rise.

Our Vision & Mission

VISION

Arraweelo Girls Power envisions a just and liberated society where every young woman and girl in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia is safe and empowered, living free from violence, discrimination, and fear, and fully able to shape her future and community with confidence, dignity, and power.

MISSION

Arraweelo Girls Power exists to mobilize, connect, and empower young women and girls in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia through collective feminist action. We challenge systemic gender inequalities, confront harmful cultural practices, and amplify the leadership of those most affected by injustice. Through grassroots organizing, community education, survivor-centered public advocacy and awareness-raising, behavioral change, we are building a fearless generation of feminist leaders committed to justice, healing, and transformative change.

WHAT WE BELIEVE AND GUIDED PRINCIPLES

We believe that true liberation for women and girls can only come through collective feminist action, rooted in the lived realities of our communities.
We center the leadership of those most affected by injustice, particularly survivors of gender-based violence, girls living in rural and pastoralist communities, and those displaced by conflict or climate change.
We are guided by the principles of intersectional feminism, which recognizes how multiple forms of oppression such as gender, age, ethnicity, class, and displacement intersect to shape the experiences of young women and girls in our region.
We believe that activism must be both radical and compassionate. We confront harmful cultural practices like female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage, and domestic violence through community education, survivor-led public advocacy and awareness-raising campaigns, behavioral change and intergenerational dialogue. Our work is grounded in a feminist ethic of care because we know that resistance without healing is unsustainable.

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