Year: 2017
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
Nelly*is a survivor of sexual violence who has persistently resolved to overcome stigma, rejection, fear and suicidal thoughts that threatened to immobilise her after she was raped in 2014. GVRC Project Participant Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre .It has not been an easy journey. With the assistance of counselling staff and members of a sexual violence support group at the Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC) in Nairobi, she has made tremendous strides in her recovery. Currently, Nelly is positively channeling her energy to transform the lives of survivors of sexual violence by supporting children who have undergone abuse in the school where she works.
To read the entirety of Nelly’s Story click HERE : GVRC: Nelly’s Story
Women’s Funds call for inclusion of women-led organizations in Canada’s reproductive health projects
Women’s Funds call for inclusion of women-led organizations in Canada’s reproductive health projects
The announcement of Canada’s new $241.5 Million fund for family programs is a direct push against the streak of conservative aid policy implementation in North America. Canada’s fund is a step in the a progressive direction. Theo Sowa and Musimbi Kanyoro discuss the implications of the fund and the opprotunities it presents for Women’s Rights work on the continent. To read the full article click HERE
Leading From the South: Grants Announcement
Leading From the South: Grants Announcement
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AWDF is happy to announce the award of grants for Leading from the South: a fund aimed at supporting activism by women’s rights organisations in the global South to influence policy and decision-making at local, national, regional and global levels towards the full achievement of women’s rights.
In the first of several rounds of grant awards, the following organisations were selected to receive funding to carry out women’s rights advocacy activities in Africa and the Middle East. A total of 23 grants were made to organisations to implement projects in 27 countries. Most grants are for a two-year period but a few were one year grants. Additional information on the criteria for the first round of grants can be found here
For the full list of grants please click HERE
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AWDF a le plaisir de vous annoncer les accords de subvention pour le projet « Leading From the South ». Le fond est destiné à soutenir financièrement les organisations de femmes qui œuvrent pour les droits de la femme dans les pays du Sud afin de leur permettre d’influer les politiques et la prise de décision au niveau local, national, régional et international pour une acceptation globale des droits de la femme.
Après des analyses approfondies des demandes reçues de plusieurs organisations de femmes, les organisations suivantes ont été sélectionnées pour être subventionnées. Le tra- vail de ces dernières se concentrera sur les activités de plaidoyer sur les droits de la femme en Afrique et au Moyen Orient. Au total, 23 subventions ont été données aux organisations de femmes dans 15 pays pour réaliser des projets dans 27 pays. La plupart des subventions sont pour une période de deux ans ; cependant certaines sont pour une période d’un an. Des informations supplémentaires sur les critères de la première étape de subvention peuvent être trouvées en cliquant ici.
Pour avoir la liste complete CLIQUANT ICI.
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A New Strategic Direction: AWDF’s 4th Strategic Plan
A New Strategic Direction: AWDF’s 4th Strategic Plan
Shaping the Future was developed out of research and exploration around how AWDF and the African women’s rights organisations and activists that we resource can contribute to building a future for Africa that reflects the equality and justice that lie at the heart of our continent’s progress. We invested in a process to gather data on future trends for African women, compiled in the report Futures Africa: Trends for Women by 2030. We then used this empirical base to craft an imaginative process of generating scenarios- four stories of what the future could look like for African women and women’s rights if different political power dynamics and social, economic, technological and environmental trends play out.
This is the first foresight initiative focusing indepth on gender dynamics, women’s rights, and questions around the roles African women play in actively creating just futures for Africa. By designing a strategic framework based on this forward-thinking analysis, AWDF seeks to create a plan that allows for greater innovation and ways to maximise the impact of our work and that of the brave African women’s organisations and movements that we support. Our commitment is to work together to build the best possible futures for the African continent.