The Policy Officer leads the development and execution of AWL’s policy and advocacy agenda, ensuring campaigns are backed by strong research, legislative strategy, and stakeholder engagement.

Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. From research and outreach to advocacy, communications, and on-the-ground project support; our work simply isn't possible without people who care enough to give their time.

The Animal Welfare League (AWL) is seeking strategic, and mission-driven individuals with a passionate interest in animal advocacy to join our Board of Directors. As a board member, you will play a critical governance role, providing fiduciary oversight, guiding organizational strategy, and championing our mission across influential networks. This is an extraordinary opportunity to shape the direction of one of the most pressing ethical movements of our time. 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Campaigns Lead to drive corporate outreach and advocacy across Africa on a part-time, independent contractor basis. This role leads AWL’s flagship corporate engagement work—securing cage-free commitments from major food companies, hotels, and restaurants—and provides strategic direction to outreach staff across multiple countries.

The ideal candidate combines strong relationship-building skills with strategic campaign thinking, and has a track record of winning corporate policy commitments in the animal welfare, food systems, or related advocacy space.

This role is best suited to a mid-to-senior-level professional with experience working with corporate companies. You will lead AWL’s corporate outreach and campaign work in that particular African region. This includes building relationships with food companies, securing cage‑free and related animal welfare commitments, and representing AWL nationally with professionalism, diplomacy, and cultural awareness.

Animal Welfare League (AWL), continuing its mission to equip egg producers with best practices in animal welfare and to expand a continent-wide network for cage-free egg sourcing, convened a workshop in Mansoura, Egypt. Following earlier editions in South Africa and Morocco, the gathering extended AWL's regional footprint, bringing technical training, more sustainable farming practices, and partnership opportunities to Egyptian producers while reinforcing its commitment to advancing farm animal welfare across Africa.

We are hiring a Corporate Campaigns Coordinator.

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The Animal Welfare League held its 7th Cage-Free Project Workshop in Casablanca, Morocco. This marked another step in Animal Welfare League’s regional expansion, bringing practical training, more sustainable farming practices, and networking opportunities to producers in Morocco and reinforcing its commitment to advancing farm animal welfare across Africa.

The Animal Welfare League, aiming to inform egg producers about best practices in animal welfare and establishing a go-to resource for cage-free egg sourcing across Africa, held its 6th Cage-Free Project Workshop in South Africa. This marked a significant milestone as the first time the workshop was hosted outside Ghana, reflecting AWL’s expanding commitment to improving farm animal welfare across Africa.

Agro Innova Company Limited has reinforced its commitment to global standards and ethics by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Animal Welfare League on April 12, 2024 to commit to ethical sourcing of eggs from non-battery cage farms in Ghana.

Efforts invested in improving the lives of animals and community health can yield the greatest results if they are focused on policies, areas and animal species that can bring about the biggest impact. 

The Animal Welfare League (AWL), on October 25, 2024, featured at the 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ghana Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) which was themed “Strengthening Veterinary Services in Ghana for a Resilient Food System” in Koforidua in the Eastern region of Ghana.

The national cage free directory is the end-product of our strategy two [working with egg producers and stakeholders] to end the abuse of chickens in factory farming. Farmers on this list have pledged to use cage free farming systems and other higher animal welfare practices in the industry. This update contains the most recent additions to the directory.

The Animal Welfare League hosted its 5th edition of the Cage-Free Project Workshop in Ho, Volta region, on 30th July, 2024. This aimed to educate egg producers from the Volta and Oti regions on: cage-free systems, the five freedoms used to assess the welfare of animals, cage-free progress in Africa, Battery cages and the harmful effects on layer hens, biosecurity and antimicrobial resistance, productivity in the poultry industry, and the Animal Welfare League’s farmers’ network and cage-free directory.