• AWEC has thirty two women shuras in different districts (Ahmadaba, Gardiz, Saed Karam, Sakmani, Janikhail, Patan, Jaji, and Zurmat) of Paktia province. 

• Twelve women shura’s in Paktika province (Shirina, Sar Howza and Urgoon districts)
• Women’s Shuras established in Wardak and Faryab.

• Community Centers for women in five provinces

o   Participation of women in elections:

• AWEC has been able to persuade the women of Paktia province through civic education workshop, right awareness workshop, women right workshops and providing awareness about the importance of women participation and voting in both presidential and parliament election to take part in both presidential and parliament election. 45 percent of voters were women.

o   Women candidates for Provincial shura:

• In Paktia province, through AWEC mobilizing and management, women in Paktia were encouraged to nominate some female candidate for the provincial shura election. The women of Paktia selected five women from their shuras. Of these five three were selected into the provincial shura.

o   Introducing of students and teachers to Ministry of Education:

• Introducing approximately nine thousand students (in Kabul and Paktia) who graduated from grade six and enrolled in grade seven of formal education in ministry of education and as well as providing education training and skills to more than one thousand teachers in Paktia and Kabul Provinces who now have the ability to work efficiently and productively at a level acceptable to the Ministry of Education Afghanistan.

o   Providing Capacity to Women Headed NGOs:

• AWEC trained women headed NGOs (Director and Assistant Directors) in the field of Management and Accounting.  These NGOs now have a number of projects and which are being implemented very smoothly and professionally.

o   Selection of AWEC as an ISO (Intermediary Service Organization)

• The selection of AWEC as an ISO was a highly competitive process; it involved many organizations for the NGO community, including women and male headed organizations, and national and international NGOs, but none of them, save for AWEC, met the requirements of Counterpart International. AWEC was selected as a partner (ISO) to provide training, assistance and guidance to other local NGOs and community based organization.

o   Research and publication

•  with support from AKDN AWEC conducted a research and published a book named” Relationship between Civil Society and Government in Afghanistan”.

o   Support from the communities

• Engagement of the community through support group which includes representatives from local authorities to ordinary people. The support group in their meetings carries out discussions about the program and provides good ideas for the success and smooth running of projects.
• Engagement of volunteer group
• Women who were not willing to talk are now sharing their life stories with the AWEC staff
• AWEC has received multiple requests from community for expansion of AWEC programs to other districts

o   Self – sustainability of women headed families

• Increased income for women-headed families after attending vocational trainings