association of african women scholars

Name

association of african women scholars

Legal name

Association of African Women Scholars

Website

https://africanwomenstudies.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic and Scholarly Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJABAK

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYEDAGAFAK

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

Keywords

• Academic scholarly association
• Women's studies research
• Academic conference services
• Scholarly publications
• Membership organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues collected from individual and institutional members. Dues are tiered based on income level and geographic location, with differentiated rates for African residents and students.
2. Conference Registration Fees: Revenue generated from WAAD conference registrations. The organization has hosted four international conferences (1992, 1998, 2001, 2009) with participants from multiple continents.
3. Publication Sales: Sale of conference proceedings and publications, including the ten-volume proceedings from the first WAAD conference containing over 260 papers on African women.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AAWS is a nonprofit scholarly association that promotes scholarship on African women through international conferences (the WAAD series), a biannual newsletter, biennial African Women Bibliographies, an internet discussion group (AFWOSCHO), and advocacy campaigns such as AWPA against widowhood practices. It also distributes instructional materials to Women's Studies programs in Africa.

Product overview

The Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS) operates as a scholarly organization rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings include the AAWS Newsletter (published twice yearly), the African Women Bibliographies (biennial publication), AFWOSCHO (an internet discussion group), and WAAD Conferences (international academic conferences held in 1992, 1998, 2001, and 2009). Additional programs include the AWPA advocacy campaign against widowhood practices and an instructional materials drive for African academic institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WAAD Conferences: Women in Africa and the African Diaspora international conferences organized by AAWS

Products and services

• AAWS Newsletter Biannual newsletter (Fall and Spring issues) that encourages information dissemination and networking within Africa and between Africa and other continents, distributed to AAWS members and the wider scholarly community.
• African Women Bibliographies Biennial unannotated bibliography of journal articles and books on African women published globally, compiled collaboratively by country bibliographers and published as a research resource.
• AFWOSCHO Internet Discussion Group AAWS-administered internet discussion group on gender issues in Africa and the African Diaspora that engages subscribers in debates and provides research information for college and high school students.
• WAAD Conferences International conferences on Women in Africa and the African Diaspora, with editions held in Nsukka, Nigeria (1992), Indianapolis, USA (1998), Antananarivo/Tamatave, Madagascar (2001), and Abuja, Nigeria (2009), drawing scholars, activists, and policy makers globally.
• AWPA Project (Against Widowhood Practices in Africa) Advocacy campaign focused on human rights violations against widows in African cultures, involving legal and political processes conducted in collaboration with activists and NGOs in Africa.
• Instructional Materials Drive Collection and distribution program that gathers books, journals, articles, syllabi, and films on Women's Studies and African Studies for donation to Women's Studies Programs, Women's Centers, and organizations across Africa.
• WAAD Conference Proceedings Ten-volume scholarly collection of over 260 original papers from the first WAAD international conference, spanning multiple disciplines and sold at cost to individuals, libraries, and academic centers.

Quantifiable outcome

• First conference drew over 700 participants from five continents
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Women's Studies Program-IUPUIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference (1998) on Health and Human Rights. IUPUI's Women's Studies Program collaborated with AAWS to host the international conference in Indianapolis.
• Program in International Human Rights-IUcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference (1998). Indiana University's International Human Rights Law Program partnered with AAWS for the Health and Human Rights conference.
• African Studies Program-IU BloomingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference (1998). Indiana University Bloomington's African Studies Program collaborated with AAWS on the Health and Human Rights conference.
• African American Studies Program-IUPUIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference (1998). IUPUI's African American Studies Program partnered with AAWS for the international conference.
• Children's Museum IndianapolisminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference (1998). Local Indianapolis museum partnered with AAWS for the Health and Human Rights conference.
• Indiana UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for AAWS headquarters and multiple WAAD conferences. The Women in Africa and African Diaspora conferences have been co-sponsored by various IU departments including the Women's Studies Program.
• Galilee College IsraelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGalilee College awarded a tuition scholarship to AAWS for qualified candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. AAWS encourages members to apply and indicate their affiliation to the organization.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• African Studies Association: The African Studies Association is the premier U.S.-based scholarly association for African studies; AAWS explicitly references partnerships and overlapping membership with it, and both organizations serve Africa-focused academic communities through conferences, publications, and advocacy.
• African Literature Association: The African Literature Association is a scholarly association explicitly mentioned in AAWS leadership bios (Pamela Smith's Executive Council membership); it serves a closely overlapping audience of Africa-focused humanities scholars and holds annual conferences comparable to AAWS's WAAD.
• National Women's Studies Association: NWSA is the largest U.S.-based professional association for women's studies scholars and activists, offering the direct counterpart to AAWS's mission for Africa-focused scholarship, with analogous membership tiers, conference programming, and journal publications.
• CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa): CODESRIA is the leading pan-African social science research council based in Dakar; it serves a comparable scholarly mission focused on Africa, organizes pan-African conferences, and publishes research — overlapping with AAWS on gender-focused programming and African-diaspora intellectual networks.
• Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD): ASWAD is a scholarly association explicitly organized around the African diaspora — the exact framing of AAWS's WAAD conference ("Women in Africa and the African Diaspora"), and both run periodic international conferences with overlapping scholar bases.
• African Women's Development Fund (AWDF): AWDF is a pan-African grantmaking foundation supporting African women's rights organizations; it overlaps with AAWS on the advocacy dimension (e.g., widowhood practices, women's human rights) and the pan-African women's network, though operating as a funder rather than scholarly body.
• National Council for Black Studies: The National Council for Black Studies is a U.S.-based scholarly association with comparable academic-structure, conference-driven model, and overlapping membership interested in African and African diaspora scholarship, including gender-focused work.

Emerging players

• Association of Black Sociologists: ABS is a smaller scholarly association operating in an adjacent niche (Black-focused sociology); comparable as a model of a discipline-rooted professional society with conferences, journals, and member dues, though its core focus is sociology rather than African women's studies.

Others

• Feminist Press: Feminist Press is an independent nonprofit book publisher focused on feminist and gender-related scholarship; it represents a publishing-side comparable to AAWS's ten-volume proceedings and African Women Bibliographies series and is a natural publication or distribution partner.

Broad incumbents

• International Women's Forum: IWF is a larger, established global membership organization for women leaders across industries; it serves a comparable membership-and-events model but with a far broader, non-regionally-specific focus that contrasts with AAWS's Africa-specific specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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