Year: 2018
#FacesofAdvocacy: Gender Links presses for Affirmative action to become a reality
#FacesofAdvocacy: Gender Links presses for Affirmative action to become a reality
For change to be reflective of the people, government and those who contribute to it should be representative of its population. Gender links and their innate belief in this idea, continue to press for a more representative government by working to ensure the adoption of affirmative action in both local and national governance structures within Southern Africa. They continue to strategise, network and lobby partners to ensure that their vision becomes a reality.
Gender Links received a grant to enable them to advocate for the adoption of affirmative action in governance structures in seven Southern African countries while ensuring inclusivity for all categories of women with a special focus on young women and women living with disability.
Their project focuses on changing the internal leadership structures of political parties to accommodate women in leadership and also creating a more receptive environment for women at work. It further advocates for the implementation of policies and laws that have already been passed to ensure that women are autonomous and live their lives free of violence. The project is being implemented in Mauritius, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Zambia.
Though the project is a young one, they have already set up a web-based platform that provides the space for women activists to share resources on issues pertaining to gender as well as discuss new strategies, practices and networking. The web based platform includes a blog, discussion forum and other resources.
Their innovative approaches to advocacy as well as their impressive network and their efforts at growing their cache of knowledge, makes Gender links one of our #FacesofAdvocacy.
Call for Consultant: AWDF Communications Audit
Call for Consultant: AWDF Communications Audit
Over the past 16 years, AWDF has increased the scope of its work (grantmaking, capacity building, advocacy and fundraising) within its mandate. As the programmes and the income of the organisation grows, the communications function becomes ever more vital. Additionally, the role, methodologies and visions of communications in the human rights field has developed dramatically over the past ten years and AWDF wishes to move with that communications andtechnology growth, innovation and creativity. The projected growth of AWDF income in the next three years has been a trigger for a series of programme audits, of which communications is a key area. The communications audit should provide a clear, reasoned, analytical review and assessment of AWDF’s communications function and propose ways of building on areas of strength and minimising areas
of challenge. The audit should be the basis of moving AWDF further on the road towards having a state of the art communications function for a women’s rights fund.
AWDF is seeking an audit of the entire organisation’s communications as part of our institutional strengthening programme to accelerate our growth,
engagements and to attract new constituencies of funders and allies (in addition to current funders).
Find the entirety of the Terms of Reference below: