CWID was established in 2005 under trust and later registered by the NGO board in 2010 grassroots women organization existing in improving the lives of women, and the entire community at the grassroots levels with identification and reinforcing women’s roles in education ,leadership developments and governance .

The organization serves as the secretariat to Pwani GBV network ,an effort of various organizations ,s addressing issues of gender and gender based violence at the coastal region of Kenya .CWID in addition is a member of civil society security network and Human Rights Defender in addition to being a network member of rapid response team .The organization hosts Pwani GBV network

CWID is guided by the following key objective pillars

• To promote access to justice for the survivors of GBV&SGBV through legal aid services to women and girls.
• To consolidate the gains for women in the Constitution and secure effective implementation of all gender responsive laws.
• To build a body of knowledge on women’s political leadership and good governance at the grassroots – local, and national level.
• To strengthen the capacity and visibility of the organization to secure sustainability in gender equality
• To proactively influence institutional structures to recognize, comply and be responsive to women’s rights at the grassroots, local, national levels.CWID has been working in the field of human rights, gender based violence ,women socio-economic empowerment ,social justice for the past 12 years with the goal of challenging systematic exploitation of local communities and entrenched social inequities through organized social actions
• CWID won The African Leadership Award 2016 Presented to CWID in Mauritius on 7^th Dec 2016