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sian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) is dedicated to developing strong and empowered leaders among low-income Asian immigrant women and youth. Peer leaders drive AIWA’s programs and provide in-language support & opportunities for the education, civic engagement, and leadership development of other immigrant women and youth.
Since 1983, AIWA has worked with immigrant workers employed in the Bay Area’s garment, home care, hotel, restaurant, assembly, and other low-wage industries, as well as low-income immigrant youth in Oakland. Our organization seeks to empower women and youth through education, leadership development, and collective action so that they can fight for dignity and justice in their daily lives and improve their working and living conditions.