The Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD), founded in 1985, is a niche African-led women's rights organisation that champions the equality and rights of African women and girls in the UK, Europe and Africa.
We work to end all forms of violence against women and girls from female genital mutilation and child marriage to domestic and sexual violence.
We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the often-interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives.
We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change.
For more than 30 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past.