The AWN is composed of both NGOs and individual members. Currently there are 24 NGOs and over 900 individuals.

How to Join

Women interested in applying for membership should submit their application to the secretary of the network. The applicant will receive the membership contract, which she will be required to complete. The secretary will present the applications and membership contract to the executive committee. Membership should be approved by a two third majority vote of the executive committee members. Membership applications that are rejected can reapply after one year. Members should pay their membership fees according to the following guidelines.

The membership fee is paid quarterly:

The annual fee for the staff of international NGOs is Rs 2000 or 2000 Afghani.
The annual fee for local NGOs is Rs 1,000.
The annual fee for NGOs that have not yet received funds is Rs 500.
The annual fee for individual members is Rs 120.
There are three types of Membership:

1. Regular members: Regular members are those who have completed the ordinary membership period and actively participated in the meetings and working groups. Regular members of the AWN should be Afghan. If a regular member is far from the AWN base for a year and does not make any contribution towards the network, her status will be changed in to ordinary member. The regular members are eligible to stand as candidate for the executive committee election and to vote. The votes of all members are of the same value.

2. Ordinary Members: Ordinary members are those who have completed the required period as Associate members and actively participated in the meeting and contribute to the working group.

The members will not participate in the election of the executive committee members. The minutes of the meeting and reports of activities will be sent regularly to the ordinary members.

The status of the ordinary members will change to regular after completing three months and the decision will be based on their performance and comments.

3. Associate members: Women who are interested in cooperation with AWN and meet the membership criteria will be accepting as associate members. After completing three to six months the status of associate members can be changed to ordinary members depending on their interest. The associate members may participate in the network activities and working groups. The network can use the support and cooperation of other organization and individuals including men in order to carry out its activities.

Membership Criteria

All members must be women.
All members must have a reputable character.
All Members must have reached their legal age of adulthood.
Women who elects must be free of ethnic, linguistic or religious bias.
All members must abide by the network constitution.
All members keep the matters discussed at AWN meeting confidential.
Members must not misuse the name, privileges and facilities of the network.
All members must abide the membership agreement/contract.
Members of political organization must not use the network for their political activities.