AFE-Women (AFE-W) was founded by female staff members at the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFEMENA), to pursue strict feminist programming and to apply a feminist lens to all aspects of LGBT regional work and to promote the rights of women and the LGBT community in the MENA region. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will undertake a baseline study on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of LBQT women in 5 targeted countries within the MENA region that will later be used to influence programming and ultimately advocacy at the regional level.