The Network Of African Women With Disabilities (NAWWD) is a group of regional , national , local and individual professionals with disabilities .

The NAWWD  was established in 2004 during a meeting attended  by 44 women with disability from 19 countries in Saly , Senegal .The NAWWD was formed with the aim of promoting mainstream issues of women with disabilities  in Africa enabling them to participate meaningfully in the planning , implementation and monitoring of programmes concerning themselves .