Voice of Women Organization was established by a group of Afghan professionals from various walks of life.  Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers and Social Workers were among the pioneers of VWO who started relief activities in Kabul in 1998.  This group of qualified, dedicated and hardworking professionals supported vulnerable women and families on their own before international donors took notice of their work and extended their cooperation.

These partnerships with international donors necessitated the formal registration of the organization with the Government of Afghanistan and the organization became a legal entity in the 2002 by registering with Ministry of Planning, Kabul, Afghanistan.  Once registered, the organization carried out various relief and rehabilitation projects in Kabul and surrounding provinces for two years.

Later, in 2004, the Board of Directors of VWO realized that the Eastern part of the country was receiving much attention, while the need for assistance to the women of the Western Region of Afghanistan was largely unfilled.   As such the Head Office of the organization was shifted to the Western city of Herat and a significant number of projects have been carried out since then for and with the girls and women of this region.