Association “Woman and Society” (AWS) – is a non-commercial, non-profit public organization whose mission is aimed to improve women's status and socio-economic recovery of the society through the provision of various services. AWS was established on February 1995 and registered on April of that year at the Department of Justice of Sughd province, Republic of Tajikistan. On December of 2007 AWS was pre-registered in the Office of Justice of Sughd province under the “Law on public associations”.
In order to achieve its mission, AWS follows several activities:
Ь Improving women's status and education level of women;
Ь Development of small and medium-sized businesses through the provision of microloans.
Ь Civil society establishment through providing training and consulting services in law and economics.
Ь Combating human trafficking and support for migrants.
Ь Promotion on land reform and rural agriculture.