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Women’s rights movements get a boost from Canadian Government
Women’s rights movements get a boost from Canadian Government
A new $300 Million dollar Equality Funding initiative launched by Canada on 24 May 2018, aims to be a self generating fund for women’s movements. This new approach presents the possibility of continuous flexible funding for women’s movements and is the result of sustained advocacy by feminists who pushed for resources for women’s organisations because they recognised the true value of their work.
This next phase of funding for women’s movements will require innovation and new approaches to old questions and will leverage the financial clout of government, private, investment and philanthropic sectors to reach women driving social change and peace efforts globally. The Match International Women’s Fund will play a key role in actualising the initiative to ensure its sustainability.
These are exciting times and we are thrilled for the future of women’s movements across the world!
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:
#FacesofAdvocacy: SWID recounts the journey towards Women’s Land rights in Uganda.
#FacesofAdvocacy: SWID recounts the journey towards Women’s Land rights in Uganda.
Advocacy leads to transformation and Slum Women’s Initiative for Development (SWID) has demonstrated the importance of transformation on the issue of Land rights in Uganda. SWID works on a spectrum of issues: land rights, women’s rights, food security as well as environmental protection. They understand how issues of land, the environment and food are interwoven, and how all of these issues directly impact women. They empower rural women farmers through advocacy and educational activities for easy access to land to invest in profitable agriculture which will result in high yields, thereby enhancing food security as well as income.
Below are two grantee stories from SWID, the grantee we profiled HERE last week.
- Florence Elume, a widow with two children and a vice chair of SWID has this to say:
“I used to be a teacher and when I went on pension I started farming and raring rabbits and goats. I acquired a land but didn’t have a title to it. SWID trained me in leadership and helped me know my rights. I now know how to make will, lobby stakeholders: municipal council, NGOs to help my fellow women on our needs. I know how to process land title and know the steps I need to follow. The process we undertook to get the land title has also created harmony in our community. I have my land title that I know I have full ownership of my land. This title means a lot to me. Because it assures me that I have security of tenure. I can get loan from the bank for my business. I can even sell it if I wish to do so. I have Power! Power! Power!!”
2. Mariam Kajoda, a beneficiary of SWID’s program had this to say as well:
“I am a farmer- I cultivate land and also rare goats. I appreciate the director of SWID who mobilized us to acquire land titles and also helped us come out of ignorance and know our rights as women. I am now a woman who can contribute to development. Now we have a voice to pursue justice. I have built a house and now I have title of ownership. I have 99 years lease of the land where the house is. I appreciate AWDF for the support given us to process the title, the training that helped us get power and knowledge. “United is Power”. This power has given me success as my children are also on the title. I can use my title as collateral for a loan, but I will be careful not to over use it otherwise I lose my land and my house”.
AMPLIFY CHANGE
A multi-donor challenge fund to support civil society advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights, AmplifyChange aims to empower young people, men and women to realise their sexual and reproductive rights.The fund is managed by a consortium that includes ManionDaniels Global Fund for Women and the African Women’s Development Fund.
Our vision is to contribute to securing universal recognition of sexual and reproductive health and rights as human rights, enabling women, men and young people to realise their full potential in safe and supportive environments.
The fund seeks the realisation of these goals by strengthening the social movement for change and providing funding support in grants to civil society organisations. By supporting civil society and community-based organisations, we strengthen the social movement for change in countries where the needs are greatest, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. We provide grants to directly fund local civil society organisations (CSOs) that advocate for and promote better policy and action on neglected sexual and reproductive health and rights issues.
Our priorities within sexual and reproductive health and rights are:
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- Addressing gender-based violence, including sexual violence and female genital mutilation (FGM)
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- Addressing the causes of unsafe abortion including decriminalisation of abortion
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- Challenging stigma and discrimination, attitudes and laws that undermine human rights, including on grounds of gender or sexual orientation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals
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- Improving sexual health of young people and girls, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and addressing child and early forced marriage (CEFM)
- Increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health services for poor, vulnerable and marginalised people
AmplifyChange is collaborative initiative supported by Danida – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Norad – the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, DFID – the UK Department for International Development and SIDA – the Swedish Agency for International Development and Cooperation (managed through RFSU);
To see how we have contributed to real change in sexual and reproductive health and rights, click here for the Amplify Change 2017 Annual Report.
Visit the website to read more
The Main Grants Application Process
The Main Grants Application Process
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Through out the year, AWDF invites applications from eligible African women’s organisations under its main grants programme. The areas that we fund (our thematic areas) are listed below. These frame AWDF’s current funding strategy Shaping Africa’s Future;
- Body & Health Rights
- Economic Security & Justice
- Leadership, Participation & Peace
AWDF is particularly interested in projects working with young women, women facing multiple discrimination, and approaches that include engaging the arts, culture, sports and technology.
AWDF is looking for innovative and effective projects that address the needs of and involve the women and communities most affected by inequality and injustice in the leadership and implementation of projects.
Eligibility Criteria
The basic qualifying criteria for applying organisations are as follows:
- Must be led by a woman and have majority of its staff and board being women
- Must be duly registered in an African country
- Must have been in existence for at least 3 years
- Must have the needed organisational structures for effective implementation of the project
- Must have an appreciable financial management system to properly account for funds received
- Must be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
- Must complete the necessary application forms
Please note that AWDF does NOT fund men-led organisations; political parties or campaigning; government agencies; individuals; scholarships; for-profit initiatives and projects aimed at religious conversion or proselytizing.
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Tout au long de l’année, L’AWDF lance un appel à projets aux organisations de femmes africaines dans le cadre de son programme de subvention principale. Les domaines que nous finançons (nos domaines thématiques) sont énumérés ci-dessous. Ces domaines d’intervention cadrent avec la stratégie de financement actuelle de l’AWDF : Façonner l’Avenir de l’Afrique.
- Droits relatifs au corps et à la santé
- Sécurité Economique et Justice
- Leadership, Participation et Paix
L’AWDF est particulièrement intéressé par des projets qui travaillent avec des jeunes femmes, confrontées à diverses formes de discrimination, et par des approches qui utilisent l’art, la culture, le sport et la technologie.
L’AWDF cherche à recevoir des projets novateurs et efficaces qui répondent aux besoins et incluent les femmes et les communautés les plus touchées par l’inégalité et l’injustice dans leur leadership et la mise en œuvre des projets.
Critères d’éligibilité
Les critères de base sont les suivants :
- Être dirigée par des femmes, avec un personnel et un conseil d’administration dont la majorité sont des femmes
- être dûment enregistrée dans un pays africain
- Doit exister depuis au moins 3 ans
- avoir des structures adéquates de gestions du projet
- avoir un système de gestion financière
- pouvoir produire un rapport sur les résultats du projet
- remplir les formulaires de demandes
AWDF ne finance pas les organisations dirigées par des hommes ; les partis politiques ou les campagnes ; les organismes gouvernementaux, les particuliers; les bourses d’études; les organisations à but lucratif ; et des projets visant à la conversion religieuse ou le prosélytisme.
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