Working Together

Research

Enable Women Africa conducts rigorous, evidence-based research to uncover the root causes and lived realities of hair discrimination and beauty-based exclusion in Australia and global diasporic communities. Our work spans academic studies, community-led inquiries, and participatory research that centres Black women and girls’ experiences of stigma, identity policing, and socio-economic impact.

Through surveys, oral histories and policy analysis, we produce data that challenges dominant narratives while documenting culture as power. Our findings are shared with government, industry, and education providers to drive systemic change. Ultimately, our research is not simply about data collection — it is about reclaiming knowledge, restoring dignity, and building an intellectual foundation for long-term cultural and economic transformation.

Advocacy

We advocate fearlessly for legislative, institutional, and cultural reform that protects Black women and girls from hair and appearance-based discrimination. Enable Women Africa uses storytelling, campaigns, partnerships and policy submissions to amplify marginalised voices and shift public consciousness.

Whether pushing for anti-discrimination laws, calling out organisations enforcing Eurocentric standards, or elevating the stories of everyday women resisting pressure to conform, our advocacy is bold, unapologetic, and rooted in justice. We believe advocacy lives in both the halls of Parliament and the streets of community, and our goal is to build a movement where natural hair is not tolerated, but celebrated — at school, at work, and in every space in between.

Advisory

As a trusted advisory body, Enable Women Africa supports businesses, schools, and institutions to become truly inclusive by re-designing policies, systems and cultures that currently marginalise Black women and girls. We offer tailored consulting, hair freedom inclusion audits, training workshops, leadership briefings, and communications support to help organisations do more than just “embrace diversity” but to normalise it as a standard of excellence. Our advisory work bridges research and action, guiding stakeholders through practical steps for eliminating bias in dress codes, recruitment, marketing, and everyday interactions. With deep cultural intelligence and strategic expertise, we help unlock or disguise parts of their identity.

Partnership

Enable Women Africa builds strategic partnerships across government, business, philanthropy, media, education and grassroots communities to accelerate collective impact. We believe true change happens when diverse stakeholders come together with a shared purpose — so we co-design initiatives, campaigns, policies and platforms that amplify each partner’s strengths while advancing hair justice, cultural pride, and gender equity. Through formal collaborations, sponsorships, Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), and cross-sector alliances, we turn ideas into action — leveraging networks, resources and influence to ensure Black women and girls can access opportunities, shape solutions, and see themselves represented at every tab

Events

Enable Women Africa designs and hosts powerful events that educate, inspire and mobilise communities around hair, identity and liberation. From cultural fashion showcases and book launches to corporate roundtables, school programs, and global masterclasses, our events create safe and celebratory spaces for dialogue, transformation and joy. They bring together policymakers, business leaders, creatives, academics and community members to spark connection and catalyse change. Through thoughtfully curated speakers, performances, panels and activations, each event becomes a living embodiment of our mission: to inspire hair freedom, reclaim cultural pride, and shift societal standards of beauty, professionalism and belonging, one gathering at a time.