African Women Empowernement Forum African Women Empowernement Forum AWEF was established in April 2006 by women of African origin who are Refugees and Asylum seekers.AWEF works hard to change the concept of the need for dependency among African women who are refugees and asylum seekers locally in Nottingham, with an objective in widening the (freedom from dependency) scope regionally and eventual nationally. Mission: The organisation was established for the empowerment of women of African origin, in particular, to advocate for women on gender issues, equality of access and non discrimination, based on race, gender, age or immigration status, and to have an imput on policies that impact on them locally and nationally.