AFAD is a women led organization working in norther Bangladesh since 1999. AFAD is registered (No. 2443) with NGO Affair’s Bureau (NGOAB) of Prime Minister’s Office of People's Republic of Government of Bangladesh, and it got the registration (No. DWA/Kuri/Reg/29/99 ) from the Directorate of Women’s Affairs (DWA) in 1999.