Year: 2019
The Bread and Butter Series: Growth for Whom? A Pan African Feminist Reflection on Macro Level Economic Policies
The Bread and Butter Series: Growth for Whom? A Pan African Feminist Reflection on Macro Level Economic Policies
The first article in our Bread and Butter series was written by Crystal Simeoni from the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), convenors of the African Feminist Macroeconomics Academy. The article provides a feminist reflection on current neoliberal macro level economic policies in Africa and how they affect women’s lives. The writer argues that current definitions of women’s economic empowerment are too narrow to offer impactful strategies. This follows from increasing analyses that, in as much as Africa’s economies grow, so does inequality between her people. Simeoni argues that current neoliberal macroeconomic frameworks will continue to exacerbate the problem.
Please click HERE to read the article.
Call for Consultants: Bilingual Feminist Grantmaking Consultant
Call for Consultants: Bilingual Feminist Grantmaking Consultant
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AWDF works in two major languages, English and French. AWDF is looking for a bilingual feminist grantmaking consultant to serve as Temporary Cover for its Francophone grantmaking portfolio for a period of 8 weeks. The consultant will report to the Grants Manager, and will work in close collaboration with Grants Programme Officers and administrators, Programme specialists, the Director of Programmes, as well as other members of the AWDF team.
The role is primarily Grant Management and includes the following:
- Review French applications and recommend credible organisations that promote AWDF’s mission, prepare a summary docket for management consideration
- Conduct due diligence on selected women’s rights organisations when needed
- Review grantee reports and provide feedback and recommendations to the Grants and Finance teams
- Provide translation from French into English and English into French concerning grants as needed
- Any other task in keeping with the role as assigned by Supervisor
How to apply
Qualified candidates should please send a cover letter, a CV of not more than 3 pages and indication of two referees by email to jobs@africlub.net/awdf.
Deadline for submission: April 24th 2019
Please find the full Job Decription Here Francophone Consultant
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Les deux langues officielles utilisées à l’AWDF sont l’anglais et le français. AWDF est donc à la recherche d’un (e) consultant (e) féministe bilingue avec une connaissance approfondie en octroi de subventions et qui pourrait travailler sur notre portefeuille de subventions des pays francophones. La durée de ce poste est de 8 semaines. Le/la consultant(e) fera rapport et sera supervisé(e) par le chef du département de subventions. Elle/il travaillera en étroite collaboration avec les responsables et administratrices de programmes de subventions, les spécialistes de programmes, la Directrice de Programmes ainsi que d’autres membres de l’équipe AWDF.
Le rôle est principalement la gestion du portefeuille de subventions qui comprend les éléments suivants:
- Examiner les demandes de subventions en français et recommander des organisations crédibles qui défendent la mission de l’AWDF, faire un résumé de toutes les demandes et les présenter à l’équipe de gestion pour leur considération.
- Faire des vérifications nécessaires sur les organisations de femmes sélectionnées
- Examiner les rapports des bénéficiaires et fournir des commentaires et des recommandations à l’équipe subventions et finance.
- Faire la traduction des documents de subventions du français vers l’anglais et vice versa
- Exécuter toute autre tâche confiée par son superviseur
Comment postuler ?
Les candidats (es) qualifiés (es) doivent envoyer une lettre de motivation, un CV (pas plus de 3 pages) et les détails de deux références professionnelles qui peuvent être utiles à leurs candidatures par email à jobs@africlub.net/awdf.
Les dossiers de candidatures doivent être envoyés au plus tard le 24 avril 2019
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African Women’s Economic Futures Convening : Statement on African Women’s Economic Justice
African Women’s Economic Futures Convening : Statement on African Women’s Economic Justice
On September 13th – 15th, 2018, AWDF convened 27 activists, academics, development workers and knowledge producers to strategise and prioritise African women’s economic futures. This convening culminated from AWDF’s fourth strategic plan Shaping the Future, and the accompanying Futures Trends Analysis Report which highlighted the socio-economic implications of anticipated trends in Africa for women and girls. Over three (3) consecutive days, we had extensive conversations, workshop and group activities that helped us build sound advocacy strategies for African women’s economic futures. As an institution committed to resourcing African women’s movements, AWDF believes that this convening was the first step in a journey to better support future-oriented strategies to engender African women’s economic justice and security.
Bread and Butter is the post-convening knowledge series which aims to document the dynamic, critical and radical perspectives of African women thinking about their economic futures. The expression “bread and butter” refers both to the ways in which individuals come to sustain themselves usually through paid work and individuals’ practical, every day needs and concerns.
We begin our Bread and Butter series with a statement from participants of the convening, outlining our priorities and recommendations for securing African women’s economic futures.
The statement was drafted during the convening and finalized a few weeks after by the Drafting Group. Each participant contributed their own expertise to produce a holistic approach to the issues and concerns presented. While the statement attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis and list of recommendations, we encourage other African feminists to expand and operationalize this statement, with proper citation of the original statement. We hope that you find the statement useful to your own strategies.
Please click HERE to read the statement