Year: 2017
Call for Creative Designers: Design and Layout of AWDF’s African Feminist Futures Report
Call for Creative Designers: Design and Layout of AWDF’s African Feminist Futures Report
TERMS OF REFERENCE
About AWDF
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is the first African-wide grant-making foundation which was established to provide grants, capacity building and technical assistance to African women’s organisations. The vision of AWDF is for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women’s human rights.
To this end, our mission is to mobilise financial resources to support local, national and regional initiatives led by women, which will lead to the achievement of this vision. AWDF raises money and makes grants for the support of non-profit African women’s organisations working for social justice, equality, respect and peace.
Background to the project
In 2016, AWDF developed a new strategic plan directing the organisation’s focus, strategies and program activities over the next four years from 2017 – 2020. As part of the strategic plan process, AWDF conceptualised a scenarios project in order to have a conversation about how the future of women’s rights in Africa might evolve over time. This report, therefore, highlights the process of the scenarios building exercise, examines the trends, issues and opportunities available and describes the different futures that could occur in Africa regarding women’s rights and empowerment. The scenarios point out critical issues to look out for in the sector. Scenarios are stories describing alternative futures and how they might come about. Scenarios also act as signals to watch out for in the future.
The scenarios, therefore, responded to the question:
What is the future of women’s organising in response to these trends by 2030 and what is AWDF’s role in this context?
Scope of Work
• To develop a concept for the design and layout of the African Feminist Futures report for digital dissemination
• To design and layout of the report for digital circulation (PDF)
Original text length = approx. 59 page Microsoft Word document
Qualifications and expertise
• Proficiency in professional, compelling and innovative graphic design and layout packages.
• Demonstrated experience of design and layout of publications. • Ability to read/write fluently in English.
• Support for women’s rights and feminist principles desirable. African women designers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Timeframe
Design should be ready for digital distribution by the 22 March 2017.
Location
This assignment is desk-based.
To apply
Please send a Design CV, a quotation for estimated costs of design and samples of relevant work and to Sionne Neely, Knowledge Management Specialist at AWDF, sionne@africlub.net/awdf. Submissions should be emailed by Wednesday 22 February, 2017.
Call for Creative Designers: Visual Design of AWDF’s Scenario Stories (Animation and/or Illustration)
Call for Creative Designers: Visual Design of AWDF’s Scenario Stories (Animation and/or Illustration)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is the first African-wide grant-making foundation which was established to provide grants, capacity building and technical assistance to African women’s organisations. The vision of AWDF is for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women’s human rights.
To this end, our mission is to mobilise financial resources to support local, national and regional initiatives led by women, which will lead to the achievement of this vision. AWDF raises money and makes grants for the support of non-profit African women’s organisations working for social justice, equality, respect and peace.
Background to the project
In 2016, AWDF developed a new strategic plan directing the organisation’s focus and activities over the next four years from 2017 – 2020. As part of the strategic plan process, AWDF conceptualised a scenarios project in order to have a conversation about how the future of women’s rights in Africa might evolve over time. Scenarios are stories describing alternative futures and how they might come about. Scenarios also act as signals to watch out for in the future. The stories point out critical issues to look out for in the sector.
The scenario stories describe four (4) different and possible futures that could occur in Africa regarding women’s rights and empowerment. The scenarios, therefore, respond to this central question:
What is the future of women’s organising in response to these trends by 2030 and what is AWDF’s role in this context?
Scope of Work
To develop a concept for the visual design and layout of the four different scenario stories for digital dissemination. We are looking for compelling and innovative expressions of the stories with a particular interest in illustration, and if possible, animation as modes of design.
To visually design and layout the four scenario stories for simple digital circulation (hi-res, multimedia formats must convert to popular forms, i.e. web link, PDF, .jpg. png, gif, etc.)
Original text length = 21 page Microsoft Word document
Qualifications and expertise
- Proficiency in professional, compelling and innovative visual design and layout packages with a preference for animation and/or illustration.
- Demonstrated experience of visual design and layout of publications in animation or illustration form.
- Ability to read/write fluently in English.
- Support for women’s rights and feminist principles desirable.African women designers are particularly encouraged to apply.
Timeframe
Design should be ready for digital distribution by the 22 March 2017.Location
This assignment is desk-based.To apply
Please send a Design CV, a quotation for estimated costs of design (including for illustration and for animation options where possible) and samples of relevant work and to Sionne Neely, Knowledge Management Specialist at AWDF, sionne@africlub.net/awdf. Submissions should be emailed by Friday, 22 February, 2017.
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LES PAYS-BAS INVESTISSENT DANS LE RENFORCEMENT DES ORGANISATIONS DE FEMMES DANS LES PAYS DU SUD
LES PAYS-BAS INVESTISSENT DANS LE RENFORCEMENT DES ORGANISATIONS DE FEMMES DANS LES PAYS DU SUD
Le nouveau dispositif néerlandais de financement Leading from the South lance un appel à propositions
La Haye, le 3 février 2017
Mis en place par les Pays-Bas, le dispositif de financement Leading from the South s’adresse aux organisations et aux réseaux de femmes dans les pays du Sud. Il vise à soutenir leur action en faveur de l’autonomisation féminine dans les domaines politique, social et économique en Afrique, au Moyen-Orient, dans la région Asie-Pacifique, en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes. Géré par des fonds dédiés aux femmes solidement établis dans ces régions, le dispositif lance un appel à propositions.
Le dispositif Leading from the South (LFS) contribue à la réalisation de deux objectifs prioritaires de la politique néerlandaise de développement : la promotion des droits des femmes et de l’égalité de genre, et le renforcement des organisations de la société civile. Les réseaux et organisations de femmes jouent dans les pays du Sud un rôle essentiel par l’influence qu’ils exercent sur les pouvoirs publics, les gouvernants, les communautés, les entreprises et d’autres protagonistes en vue de parvenir à l’égalité des sexes et à l’autonomisation des femmes et des filles (objectif de développement durable no 5). Le LSF favorise la coopération transfrontalière et fait le lien entre les organisations de terrain et les réseaux ou mouvements aux niveaux national, régional et mondial.
Le dispositif s’appuie sur l’octroi de subventions, le renforcement de capacités, le lobbying et la sensibilisation de sorte à fournir aux organisations des instruments pour influencer les politiques, contrer les rapports de force et faire reculer l’exclusion, la discrimination, la violence et les inégalités de traitement. Doté d’un fonds maximum de 40 millions d’euros, le LFS sera mis en œuvre de 2017 à 2020. Il est géré par le South Asia Women’s Fund (SAWF) pour la région Asie-Pacifique, par le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (AWDF) pour l’Afrique et le Moyen-Orient, par le Fondo Mujeres del Sur (FMS) pour l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes et par l’International Indigenous Women’s Fund Ayni (FIMI) pour les femmes autochtones dans tous les pays du Sud.
Les appels à propositions pour la région Asie-Pacifique, l’Afrique et le Moyen-Orient sont déjà ouverts en ligne. Ceux concernant l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes ainsi que les femmes autochtones du Sud seront respectivement lancés le 13 et le 20 février 2017.
Pour toute information complémentaire sur le dispositif Leading From the South et les critères auxquels doivent répondre les propositions, consulter les sites internet des fonds concernés :
Afrique et Moyen-Orient : http://africlub.net/awdf/
Amérique latine : http://mujeresdelsur.org/sitio/
Asie-Pacifique : http://www.sawf.info/
Groupes de femmes autochtones : http://www.fimi-iiwf.org/
THE NETHERLANDS INVESTS IN STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
THE NETHERLANDS INVESTS IN STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
New Dutch funding facility ‘Leading From the South’ open for proposals
The Hague, 3 February 2017
The Netherlands has launched its ‘Leading From the South’ funding facility for women’s organizations in the Global South. This new facility supports Southern women’s organizations and networks striving for the political, social and economic empowerment of women. It will be active in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean. The ‘Leading From the South’ facility – which is being managed by well-established women’s funds in these regions – is now open for proposals.
‘Leading From the South’ (LFS) contributes to two Dutch development policy priorities: Advancing women’s rights and gender equality and strengthening civil society organizations. Southern women’s organizations and networks play a key role in influencing governments, leaders, communities, businesses and other actors to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (Sustainable Development Goal 5). The LFS promotes cooperation across borders and links grassroot organizations to networks and movements at the national, regional and global level.
LFS works through grant-making, capacity building and lobby & advocacy, thus providing organizations with tools to influence policies, tackle unequal power relations and reduce exclusion, discrimination, violence and unequal treatment. The LFS facility funds amount to 40 million Euro’s in total and runs from 2017 to 2020. LFS is managed by the South Asia Women’s Fund (SAWF) for the Asia-Pacific, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) for Africa and the Middle East, the Fondo Mujeres del Sur (FMS) for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the International Indigenous Women’s Fund Ayni (FIMI) for indigenous women across the Global South.
Calls for proposals for the Asia-Pacific region and for Africa and the Middle East are currently open and online. Calls for proposals for Latin America and the Caribbean for indigenous women across the Global South will open respectively on 13 and 20 February 2017.
Information about the ‘Leading From the South’ facility and related criteria for application for proposals can be found on the websites of the respective funds:
Africa and MENA region: http://africlub.net/awdf/
Latin America: http://mujeresdelsur.org/sitio/
Asia-Pacific: http://www.sawf.info/
Indigenous women’s groups: http://www.fimi-iiwf.org/