{"id":18,"date":"2018-02-18T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T08:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2018-06-18T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T11:45:58","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-18\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-18-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 class=\"page-title\">Who we are<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Brief history of the formation of the United African Women Organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Loretta Macauley, from Sierra Leone, was wrongfully terminated from her 11 years of employment without compensation. She therefore decided to cry out for help and for her rights. Through this process she met with many women\u2019s organizations, one was ISOTITA, where she met with Mrs. Dimitra Malliu, from Albania.<\/p>\n<p>After all her experience from her fight, she gains something good and valuable experiences for the African women in Greece. She notices that African women\u00a0stay at\u00a0home\u00a0and don\u2019t even know they have rights in the country they are living with their families. She also understands that African Women lack the ability to express their problems.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when she decides to call on African Women to come together with one voice and fight for\u00a0their rights and all the privileges they are deprived of,\u00a0for so long.<\/p>\n<p>On the 27th of February, 2005, the African Women Organization has their 1st meeting at Kefallinias 31, coordinated by Mr. Moawia, President of the Migrant Forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aims and Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. To create awareness of various issues concerning the African women and their children living in Greece.<br \/>\n2. To support and fight for the rights of especially our second generation and at all levels.<br \/>\n3. To create mutual bonds of solidarity between Africans and our host the Greeks.<br \/>\n4. To explore and incorporate the rich African woman heritage into the rich Greek heritage.<br \/>\n5. To work hand in hand with various social, NGOs and other Organizations that stand for justice, non racial and friendly society for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are Brief history of the formation of the United African Women Organization Mrs. Loretta Macauley, from Sierra Leone, was wrongfully terminated from her 11 years of employment without compensation. She therefore decided to cry out for help and for her rights. Through this process she met with many women\u2019s organizations, one was ISOTITA,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/?page_id=18\"><span class=\"more-text\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanwomens.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}