Year: 2018
Temporary Position: Short-term Grants Administration Support
Temporary Position: Short-term Grants Administration Support
Terms of Reference (TOR)
Background
The African Women’s Development Fund is a leading feminist grantmaking foundation supporting African women’s rights organisations and movements across Africa and 5 countries in the Middle East, through grant making, institutional capacity building, advocacy and knowledge generation aimed at advancing social justice and gender equality. AWDF is headquartered in Accra, Ghana.
As part of AWDF’s mandate and grant making processes, the fund periodically puts out calls for project proposals from women’s rights organisations. These calls usually have a timeframe within which applicants are expected to send in their applications to be considered for a grant in response to that particular call. AWDF therefore tends to receive a high volume of applications during such periods.
In August 2018, AWDF is expecting to receive a high volume of applications in response to three current calls for proposals.
AWDF is therefore looking for a short-term Grants Administration support person to assist in the downloading and initial screening of the applications that are expected. This is the first phase of the grants screening process.
Qualifications and Experience
The successful applicant will have a blend of relevant background and professional experience in the following areas:
- A Bachelors’ degree or Higher National Diploma in any relevant field with preference for Women’s rights, social work, development studies, management, administration studies, or other related fields.
- At least one year’s experience working in an office environment with responsibilities involving administration and/or processing of information
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools especially Excel
- Ability to speak and write good English. French will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of and commitment to women’s rights issues
- Meticulous information processing skills and attention to detail
- Good human relations
- Capable of multi-tasking
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Ability to work in an environment of diverse cultures
- Ability to keep confidential information
Scope of Work
- The successful applicant will assist with checking and downloading emails for funding applications relating to current grant application calls
- Group applications received by funding stream and other criteria as relevant
- Ensure that all required supplementary documentations have been appropriately submitted, together with the applications.
- Respond to every application email with the appropriate acknowledgement text.
- Download applications into their appropriate folders
- Enter key information from the downloaded applications into an excel sheet.
- Prepare required basic statistics and undertake basic analysis of downloaded applications
- Undertake any other appropriate task that may be assigned
- Work closely with the AWDF Grants Administrator and Grants team members
Duration of Assignment
The assignment shall be for 2 months from day of engagement. It is anticipated that the assignment will start in early August, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should please submit their cover letter and application as soon as possible by email to:
Grace Amenyogbeli
The Human Resource and Administrative Manager
African Women’s Development Fund
Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
AWDF CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME – Financial Management Training
AWDF CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME – Financial Management Training
Theme: “Building capacity for organisational effectiveness and sustainability”.
The African Women’s Development Fund is organising its 4th Financial Management Training as part of its mandate to provide technical skills to grantees in order to ensure transparency, accountability and prudent financial management of resources for better results and impact.
Running from 24th till 26th July 2018, the 3-day programme will include a series of highly interactive sessions for sharing ideas among participants. The programme will consist of presentations, case studies and discussions in the following areas;
- Governance and Organisational structures
- The Financial Planning Process
- Assessment of Financial Health, Budget and Cash flow projection
- Internal control checks and financial risk management (fraud risk)
- Accounting records
- Reconciliations
- Grant Management and compliance
- Procurement
- Financial Reporting
- Compliance with Statutory Requirements
After the training, selected organisation will receive up to 6 hours of individual coaching by a Consultant to address challenges as well as assist participants in translating the workshop concepts into prioritized action steps for improvement.
Financial management is one of the most critical functions of any organisation and is vital to the existence of the entity. With sound financial planning, non-profits can successfully manage their resources and ensure their growth and sustainability. This is the reasoning behind the high premium that AWDF places on its Capacity Building Programme and specifically the Financial Management Training. It is done with the expectation that participants will enhance their financial management knowledge and skills to better manage as well as mobilise additional resources for long term sustainability.
Vacancy: Administrative Assistant
Vacancy: Administrative Assistant
Background
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a pioneering grant-making foundation headquartered in Accra, Ghana. AWDF was founded by and for African women. It aims to support the work of the African women’s movement for peace, equality, sustainable development and social justice. Since its founding in 2001, AWDF has continued to support a growing portfolio of grants to leading women’s rights organisations and feminist movements across Africa, while also supporting knowledge generation, capacity building, and donor advocacy around African women’s activist histories, movement resourcing needs, and more recently, feminist futures.
AWDF requires the services of an astute, experienced, innovative, dedicated, smart and dependable Administrative Assistant, who believes in the achievement of African women’s rights. Given AWDF’s organizational mandate, female applicants are preferred.
Scope
The post holder will assist the Human Resources Manager in providing administrative and HR services to AWDF, with particular responsibility for the running of the front desk, general HR and administrative support to the organisation, and ensuring that AWDF’s operations and programmes are executed in an effective and efficient manner.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the Front desk of the organisation
- Receive incoming calls and make outgoing official calls
- Ensure efficient management and monitoring of incoming and outgoing letters, documents distribution (including filing of documents where appropriate).
- Assist in logging maintenance, administrative and logistical complaints, including receiving and recording of complaints, and liaising with the relevant service provider to resolve the issue
- Assist in ensuring operation of equipment by organising preventive maintenance requirements; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Assist in maintaining supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
- Assist in procurement processes according to the organisation’s procurement policy
- Assist in maintaining electronic and hard copy filing system
- Assist in maintaining confidential records and files
- Assist in efficient minute taking and distribution
- Assist in providing administrative support during recruitment processes
- Assist in coordinating logistical arrangements for both in-house and external events according to laid down procedures. Organise information / board papers for organisational meetings.
- Assist in the renewal of permits, NGO recognition certificate, filing of annual returns and other
- Any other duties as may be assigned by the line manager
Person Specification
- Bachelor degree in HR/ Administration or its equivalent required
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on administrative support experience
- Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook is a must
- Knowledge of office administration and reasonable knowledge of Human Resource management
- Knowledge of operating standard office equipment
- Knowledge of and commitment to African women’s rights issues
- Fluency in French is an advantage
Competencies required:
- Must have excellent communication (oral and written) and listening skills
- Ability to speak and interact clearly and professionally
- Ability to prioritise work and strong problem solving skills
- Good research skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work methodically, accurately, speedily and neatly.
- Must be a team player with excellent inter personal skills. Capacity to work constructively with a diverse group of people is essential.
- Experience working with an international organisation and with varied cultural awareness (preferred)
- Good analytical skills
- Extremely organised. Strong multi-tasking and time-management skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality.
- Knowledge in transport bookings and arrangements is a plus.
- Proactive, with the ability to work with minimum supervision.
How to apply:
Qualified candidates should send their application letter and CV of not more than 3 pages by email
To grace@africlub.net/awdf with ‘Administrative Assistant’ as the subject reference. Applications should reach AWDF no later than August 7, 2018.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted for additional information and interviews.
Shapeshifters: African Women Spearheading Change on: International Justice
Shapeshifters: African Women Spearheading Change on: International Justice
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For many women and girls in Africa, getting justice for violence perpetrated against them continues to be an elusive dream. The barriers that impede access to justice are myriad but are all rooted in societal structures and social norms that define women and men’s interactions and experiences.
This month, the international community celebrates the World Day of International Justice. This historic day marks the establishment of the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court which deals with war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression and genocide.
Violence against women (VAW) has been a key funding area for AWDF’s grant making with cases advocating to end VAW occupying the majority of our grant portfolio over the years.
Under AWDF’s new strategic framework (SFIV), tackling VAW continues to be a major pillar under the Bodily and Health Rights thematic area. Beyond our main grants, AWDF makes annual calls to fund organisations during the 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25th November – 10th December). Over the past 3 years, AWDF has funded several organisations working on VAW issues.
AWDF is proud of its grantee partner Ripples International, a women-led organisation that stands out in raising awareness and educating women and girls on their rights. Ripples International’s 160 girls Project goes beyond raising awareness and follows through to ensure that perpetrators of VAW are held accountable. With support from various donors including AWDF, Ripples International works to seek justice on behalf of sexually abused girls, usually under 18 years, and whose cases have either been improperly investigated or thrown out of court for lack of evidence or tampering with evidence.
Rape and sexual violence cases are particularly difficult to seek justice for. This fact makes it all the more extraordinary that Ripples International was not deterred by the difficult and frustrating nature of this case. After winning the ground-breaking case in 2013 with the 160 girls project through the court ruling that ensured girls are protected from rape, the organisation went on to win another key landmark case. On Thursday, October 27th 2017, Maua court ruled that a Laare Police Officer be sentenced to 20 years for sexually defiling a 13-year old school girl in Kenya. This is one of 11 child rape cases that Kenya’s high court ordered to be re-opened in 2013, after Ripples International sued the police for failing to investigate hundreds of cases brought to them – instead demanding bribes from and even locking up girls attempting to make reports. After six (6) years in and out of court, this landmark victory was one of 5 successful court rulings in favour of the 160 girls that Ripples international advocated for.
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It all started in December 2010 when police officer Joseph Mutua, on duty at a local bank, beckoned a 13-year old school girl in the company of her friends to approach him. He made advances at the little girl and suggested sex (which she refused), but forcefully raped her in a back room at the A.P Quarters. Mutua subsequently threatened to harm her if she informed anyone of the vicious act. Not surprisingly, the 13-year old obliged out of “fear of the uniform”. After a few months, the girl’s family realized that she was pregnant. The family immediately contacted Ripples International to seek justice for their daughter. But since the accused was a policeman, the police were reluctant to investigate the issue and even tampered with DNA evidence. The accused finally managed to coerce the family into accepting to withdraw the case and settle out of court. When the child was born in 2011, DNA tests confirmed that Mutua was indeed the father of the child. This revelation was followed by failed promises of customary marriage and bribes for the girl’s family.
Finally, after six years of unsuccessful attempts at justice, the court ruled in favour of the 13-year old school girl. The court determined that the stories of the accused, the girl (who had been coerced to speak in favour of the accused) and her mother did not corroborate, demonstrating inconsistencies such as the residential location of the supposed married couple . The fabricated stories led the judge to rule for the imprisonment of the police officer for 20 years. The girl has since returned to school.
We congratulate our grantee partner Ripples International and all change agents in Africa, the women who speak out and refuse to give up. We salute you![/tp]
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Pour de nombreuses femmes et filles en Afrique, l’obtention de la justice pour des violences perpétrées contre elles continue d’être un rêve non réalisable. Les obstacles qui entravent l’accès à la justice sont multiples mais sont tous enracinés dans les structures et les normes sociales qui déterminent les interactions et les expériences des femmes et des hommes.
Ce mois, la communauté internationale célèbre la Journée Mondiale pour la Justice Internationale. Cette journée historique marque la création du statut de Rome, le traité qui a créé la Cour Pénale Internationale qui s’occupe des crimes de guerre, des crimes contre l’humanité, des crimes d’agression et de génocide.
Les violences faites aux femmes (VAW) font partie des domaines clés d’octroi de subventions de l’AWDF. Au fil des ans, la majorité du portefeuille de l’AWDF est constituée de subventions destinées à soutenir les activités de plaidoyer visant à éliminer les violences faites aux femmes.
Dans le cadre de notre nouveau plan stratégique, adresser les problèmes liés aux violences faites à la femme continue d’être une priorité essentielle et est par conséquent inclus dans l’un de nos domaines thématiques notamment les droits relatifs au corps et à la santé. À part sa subvention principale, AWDF lance des appels à propositions de projets pour commémorer 16 jours d’activisme contre les violences basées sur le genre célébré chaque année (du 25 novembre au 10 décembre). Au cours des trois dernières années, AWDF a donné un soutien financier à plusieurs organisations travaillant sur les problèmes liés aux violences faites aux femmes.
Ripples International, organisation basée au Kenya et dirigée par des femmes, est l’une des organisations bénéficiaires de l’AWDF et est reconnue pour ses campagnes de sensibilisation et d’éducation des femmes et des filles sur leurs droits. Son projet « 160girls » va au-delà de la sensibilisation et assure que les auteurs des crimes de violences faites aux femmes sont tenus responsables de leurs actes. Avec le soutien financier de plusieurs donateurs dont AWDF, Ripples International travaille pour assurer la justice pour les filles (plus souvent moins de 18 ans) survivantes des abus sexuels et dont les cas ont été mal étudiés ou abandonnés pour manque de preuves.
Le viol et les violences sexuelles font partie des cas les plus difficiles à être jugés, raison pour laquelle l’organisation Ripples International est appréciée pour ses efforts car elle n’est pas découragée par les difficultés et les frustrations qu’elle rencontre en traitant ces types de cas. Après avoir remporté la grande victoire en 2013 dans le cadre de son projet « 160 girls » qui avait comme décision finale du tribunal d’assurer que les filles soient protégées contre le viol, elle a également remporté une autre victoire très signifiante. Jeudi 27 octobre 2017, le tribunal de Maua a condamné à 20 ans de prison un policier qui avait violé une écolière de 13 ans au Kenya. Ce cas est l’un des onze cas de viol de mineurs ayant été réétudié en 2013 sous l’ordre de la cour suprême du Kenya. Ceci est dû à l’intervention de Ripples International qui a poursuivi la police en justice pour manque d’enquêtes sur des centaines de cas rapportés. Ces policiers qui s’étaient laissés corrompre ont même enfermé les filles qui ont rapporté les cas de viols. Après 6 ans de lutte pour conclure ce cas, cette victoire marquante fut l’un des 5 jugements du tribunal en faveur du projet « 160 girls » que défendait Ripples International.
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Tout a commencé en décembre 2010, lorsque le policier Joseph Mutua, de service dans une banque locale, a fait signe à une écolière de 13 ans, en compagnie de ses amis (es) de s’approcher de lui. Il a fait des avances à la petite fille et lui a demandé de faire l’amour avec lui. La petite a refusé mais ce dernier avec force l’a emmené dans une chambre derrière le logement AP et l’a violée. Mutua a par la suite menacé la petite en lui disant qu’il allait lui faire du mal si elle informait quelqu’un de l’acte inégal. La petite de 13 ans n’a donc parlé de l’incident à personne à cause de la peur qui l’envahissait. Après quelques mois, la famille de la petite a réalisé qu’elle était enceinte. La famille a immédiatement fait appel à Ripples International pour demander justice pour leur fille mais à cause du fait que l’accusé était un policier, la police était réticente à faire des enquêtes sur la situation et a même falsifié le test d’ADN. Finalement, l’accusé a réussi à convaincre la famille de retirer leur plainte de la justice afin de régler l’affaire hors du tribunal. Lorsque l’enfant est né en 2011, les tests d’ADN ont confirmé que Mutua était réellement le père de l’enfant. Cette découverte s’est suivie des promesses du mariage coutumier non tenues et aussi d’actes de corruption envers la famille de la jeune fille.
Après six ans de tentatives infructueuses à l’obtention de justice, la Cour d’appel a finalement statué en faveur de l’écolière de 13 ans. La Cour a jugé que les témoignages de l’accusé, de la jeune fille (qui avait été contrainte de témoigner en faveur de l’accusé) et de sa mère étaient contradictoires à cause des incohérences par exemple sur le lieu de résidence du couple présumé. Les témoignages fabriqués ont poussé le juge à condamner le policier pour 20 ans de prison. La jeune fille par la suite, est retournée à l’école.
Nous félicitons notre partenaire bénéficiaire Ripples International et tous les partenaires qui œuvrent pour le changement en Afrique. Nous vous saluons, les femmes qui s’expriment et ne sont pas prêtes à abandonner la bataille.[/tp]
Grantee Recognition Survey Report: 2018
Grantee Recognition Survey Report: 2018
Grantees Recognition Survey forms part of AWDF’s monitoring and evaluation instruments used to assess and ascertain the profound impact grantees are making in the lives of women and on the continent at large. AWDF has provided grants and technical support to over 1,340 women’s organisations in 43 out of the 54 countries in Africa and 2 Middle East countries, since the beginning of its operation in 2001. These organisations are doing outstanding work by contributing to improving living conditions of beneficiaries, increased recognition and inclusion of women’s rights issues in the development agenda and the continuous struggle for social justice in their communities. As a result of these remarkable works, they have earned recognitions and influence in their localities / communities, countries, on the continent and beyond. The survey showcases the recognition/awards of AWDF’s grantees and also highlights the role AWDF played.
These awards / recognition come in different forms and AWDF seeks to systematically track and document such recognitions/awards annually making use of online survey through google forms. For the 2018 survey, questionnaires were sent through Google forms to 54 organisations who received funding above $5,000 in 2016 (48 from Anglophone countries and 6 from francophone countries).
#FacesofLeadership: Meet the women of the Ceo Forum ; Deborah Takawira
#FacesofLeadership: Meet the women of the Ceo Forum ; Deborah Takawira
The CEO Forum and coaching programme, designed by African feminists, develops the individual and collective leadership skills of women leaders who are at different points in their careers (senior, mid-level and emerging). As a Capacity Building Programme, this space also addresses critical gap areas while strengthening institutional and governance structures and providing an enabling framework for their sustainability. With this 7th CEO Forum and 4th coaching programme, we have over the years gained specialised knowledge of the persistent challenges African women’s organisations contend with concerning resource mobilisation, communications, governance, leadership transition, safety and wellbeing.
The story below is from one of the participants of the CEO forum and Manda programme. She describes how the programme has caused her to rethink the role of her board in the growth of her organisation and the different connections she has made during the forum.
DEBORAH TAVONGA TAKAWIRA
Project Officer,
Markets and Training African Women’s Initiative in Developing Economies
Zimbabwe
The Forum has been awesome, inspiring and eye-opening. I learned that being a leader involves a lot of things, not just having the academic qualifications or being able to tell people what needs to be done.You have to ensure that things are running efficiently, that there are proper structures that need to be in place in terms of governance and who you are going to be working with . It’s important to have the proper leadership qualities if you are going to be effective.
In Zimbabwe, it’s easy to think you are the only one doing a lot of work, but there are other women on the continent who are also doing awesome work, that is similar to yours. I had the chance to connect with a participant from Malawi who is running a programme that is very similar to ours. It has been very exciting to share our different experiences and to learn from them. We have a board that is brilliant and has the necessary skills but we need to ensure that we tap into those skills properly.We will talk with the board to see if they want to work with us to help our organisation to grow and to be at par with all the other successful women’s organisations across Africa.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: WORLD AIDS DAY 2018
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: WORLD AIDS DAY 2018
[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Despite the gains made in addressing the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS, women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV in many regions. Today, women constitute more than half of all people living with HIV. Young women (15-24 years), and adolescent girls (10-19 years) in particular, account for a disproportionate number of new HIV infections. In 2016, new infections among young women aged (15-24) were 44% higher than men their age. Young African women aged 15-24 account for 25% of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa – a statistic that shows a need to keep our focus on young women’s lives and rights.
With better treatment and care, women living with HIV are living longer. In addition, older women are also susceptible to HIV infection since they are also sexually active. There is therefore a significant number of older women living with HIV. Statistics available shows that 5.8 million people living with HIV worldwide are aged over 50. However because it is assumed that older women do not have sex, HIV programming has not paid attention to this age group.
Growing old comes with its own challenges and when a woman living with HIV and AIDS grows old she has the double burden of health and social issues to deal with. However, this age group is usually forgotten in HIV and AIDS programming despite their peculiar challenges such as the effect of menopause and the interaction of other old age medical concerns and treatments on their HIV and AIDS medical and wellbeing treatments and needs.
For World AIDS Day 2018, AWDF is awarding grants to African women’s organisations and groups to support activities addressing the impact of HIV and AIDS across women’s life cycles. We encourage applications addressing HIV and AIDS with a focus on young women and or older African women as well as on inter-generational exchange and mobilising.
We encourage innovative projects that will involve young women and older women in their design and lead implementation. We also would prioritise activities that focus on inter-generational exchange and mobilising to address HIV and AIDS issues.
We particularly welcome applications from organisations of women living with HIV and AIDS, organisations led by women living with HIV and AIDS and from young women’s groups.
AWDF encourages innovation- so do send in your creative ideas! Projects may include activities that;
- Address the interrelation between violence and HIV and AIDS across women’s lifecycles
- Build the confidence of young women to negotiate for safer sex
- Increase young women’s knowledge to take preventive measures against HIV and AIDS infection and reinfection
- Sets the agenda for addressing the drivers causing HIV and AIDS infection among young people
- Promote HIV and AIDS programming for older women
- Educate older women living with HIV and AIDS and the community on ageing with HIV and AIDS
- Encourage young women and older women to take leadership in HIV and AIDS issues
- Hold duty bearers accountable for addressing HIV and AIDS issues
- Promote intergenerational dialogues between young and older women living with HIV and AIDS
- Use technology, arts, culture and sports to create awareness around HIV and AIDS issues
The current call is opened from 29 June to 20 July 2018. Applicants are to send in proposals with innovative and effective strategies to address issues around HIV and AIDS with a focus on young women and or older African women as well as on inter-generational exchange and mobilising.
About the World AIDS Day Grants
Every year on 1 December we commemorate World AIDS Day, as an act of solidarity with women living with HIV and AIDS, and an opportunity to remind duty bearers and society at large to keep the focus and momentum on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
AWDF instituted the World AIDS Day (WAD) grants programme to support women’s rights organisations to actively participate in the global campaign and keep African women’s priorities around HIV and AIDS on the African and global agenda. The programme seeks to support women’s organisations to raise their voices and support the leadership of women living with HIV and AIDS.
The WAD programme provides a maximum grant of US$2000 to women’s organisations. The activities must promote women’s rights and involve women in planning and leadership of activities.
How to apply
Please follow the application guidelines. Note that the maximum amount of grant allowed is US$2,000. Applicants must fit AWDF’s general grantee guidelines (women-led, African women’s rights organisations).
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant Organisation:
- Must have been in existence for at least 3 years
- Must be duly registered, at least with its local government structure
- Must be led by a woman and have a focus on Women’s Rights
- 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 be highly recommended by a donor agency, a grantee or partner of AWDF or the local government office
- Must complete the necessary application forms
- Must have an annual budget not more than $100,000
Grant Size & Period
The grant size is a US$2,000. Therefore, eligible projects should have a budget of not more than US$2,000 to be supported by AWDF funds. The grant period will be for 4 months from the date of award.
How to Apply
Interested small sized women’s rights organisations should send in their proposals using the required application guidelines to the AWDF secretariat via email to awdf@africlub.net/awdf; shirley@africlub.net/awdf. The applicant must also complete and include a financial management assessment form and an outcome form
NOTE: Please note that this is a very competitive process. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Find the full application guidelines and required forms below
APPLICATION GUIDELINES – WORLD AIDS DAY 2018
AWDF PROPOSAL BUDGET WORKSHEET – 2018
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES – 2018
FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING OUTCOMES [/tp]
[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Malgré les progrès enregistrés, la pandémie du VIH/SIDA continue d’affecter la vie des femmes et des filles. Aujourd’hui les femmes constituent plus de la moitié des personnes vivant avec le VIH. Les jeunes femmes (15 à 24 ans) et les adolescentes (10 à 19 ans) en particulier représentent le taux disproportionne des nouvelles infections. En 2016, les nouvelles infections chez les jeunes femmes de 15 à 24 ans s’élevaient à 44% de plus que les hommes du même âge[1]. Les jeunes femmes africaines âgées de 15 à 24 ans représentent 25% des infections récentes enregistrées en Afrique Sub-saharienne[2]. Cette statistique nous appelle à être plus concerné par la vie et les droits des jeunes femmes.
De meilleurs traitements et soins permettront de prolonger la vie des femmes vivant avec le VIH. Par ailleurs les femmes plus âgées sont aussi susceptibles de contracter des infections du VIH puisqu’elles sont plus actives sexuellement. Il y a donc beaucoup de femmes plus âgées qui vivent avec le VIH et d’après les statistiques 5.8millions de personnes vivant avec le VIH ont plus de 50 ans[3] . Cependant comme il est souvent supposé que les femmes âgées n’ont pas de rapport sexuels , les programmes du VIH ne prêtent pas attention à cette tranche d’âge[4].
La vieillesse a ses enjeux et lorsqu’une femme vivant avec le VIH /SIDA prend de l’âge, elle doit gérer des problèmes de santé et des problèmes d’ordre social. Cependant les programmes du VIH ignorent pratiquement les personnes de cette tranche d’âge malgré certains problèmes particuliers qui leur sont propres, à savoir les effets indésirables de la ménopause et les interactions d’autres ennuis et traitements d’ordre médical sur leurs soins médicaux du VIH/SIDA et leurs besoins.
Dans le cadre de la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA 2018, l’AWDF octroie des subventions pour appuyer les activités des structures de femmes qui travaillent dans le domaine de l’impact du VIH/SIDA sur le cycle de vie des femmes. Seront prioritaires d’une part, les projets destinés à aborder la question du VIH/SIDA particulièrement avec les jeunes femmes et/ou les femmes africaines plus âgées et d’autres part les projets qui vont faciliter les échanges et la mobilisation intergénérationnelles Nous allons privilégier les projets innovateurs dans lesquels les jeunes femmes et femmes plus âgées seront impliqué dans la conception et l’exécution. Les activités d’échanges et de mobilisations inter générationnelles ayant pour but d’aborder les questions du VIH/SIDA seront prioritaires.
L’AWDF est passionnée par l’innovation et vous encourage donc à envoyer vos idées ingénieuses qui visent à.
- Aborder la question de l’interaction entre violence et le VIH/SIDA dans la vie des femmes
- Renforcer la confiance des jeunes femmes et leur permettre de négocier des rapports sexuels protégés
- Renforcer les connaissances des jeunes femmes en matière de mesures préventives contre les infections et réinfections du VIH/SIDA
- Etablir un programme pour lutter contre les causes des infections du VIH/SIDA chez les jeunes gens
- Promouvoir les programmes de VIH/SIDA chez les femmes âgées
- Sensibiliser les femmes âgées vivant avec le VIH SIDA et les communautés sur les problèmes de vieillissement et le VIH/SIDA
- Encourager le leadership des jeunes femmes et femmes plus âgées en matière du VIH/SIDA
- Demander des comptes aux autorités surtout en ce qui concerne les questions du VIH/SIDA
- Promouvoir les dialogues intergénérationnels sur le VIH/SIDA entre les jeune et femmes plus âgées
- Utiliser la technologie, l’art la culture et le sport pour des activités de sensibilisations sur le VIH/SIDA
Nous lançons cet appel à projet du 29 juin au 20 juillet 2018. Nous demandons aux organisations postulantes d’envoyer des projets innovateurs dotés de stratégies efficaces pour répondre à la question du VIH/SIDA chez les jeunes femmes et les femmes plus âgées et en matière des échanges et mobilisation intergénérationnelles.
A propos des subventions de la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA
Nous commémorons le 1er décembre de chaque année la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA comme un acte de solidarité envers les personnes séropositives. C’est une occasion de rappeler aux autorités et au public en général de prioriser et dynamiser la prévention, le traitement, les soins et le soutien relatifs au VIH.
L’AWDF a initié le programme de subvention en vue de la commémoration de la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA afin d’appuyer les organisations de défense des droits des femmes pour participer activement à cette campagne mondiale et maintenir sur l’agenda africain et global les priorités des femmes africaines en matière du VIH/SIDA. Ce programme de subvention est destiné à appuyer les organisations de femmes à amplifier leur voix et promouvoir le leadership des femmes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA.
Dans le cadre de ce programme l’AWDF octroie des subventions d’un montant maximum de 2000$ aux structures féminines. Les activités à exécuter doivent promouvoir les droits de la femme et impliquer les femmes dans la planification et le leadership des activités.
Critère d’Eligibilité
L’organisation postulante doit
- avoir au moins 3 ans d’existence ;
- être dûment enregistrée au moins auprès de la préfecture de son pays ;
- être dirigée par une femme et défendre les droits de la femme ;
- avoir des structures adéquates de gestions de projet ;
- avoir un système de gestion financière permettant de bien tenir compte des fonds reçus ;
- pouvoir produire un rapport sur les résultats du projet ;
- être hautement recommandée par un bailleur de fonds, une organisation bénéficiaire de l’AWDF ou la préfecture du pays où elle intervient ;
- remplir le formulaire de demande ;
- avoir un maximum de 100000 dollars comme budget annuel.
Montant et durée de la subvention
Le montant de la subvention s’élève à 2000$. Les projets retenus doivent présenter un budget maximum de 2000$. La subvention s’étend sur une période de 4 mois à compter de la date d’attribution.
Comment postuler ?
Nous demandons aux organisations intéressées d’envoyer leurs projets au secrétariat de l’AWDF sur l’adresse email awdf@africlub.net/awdf ; shirley@africlub.net/awdf. L’organisation postulante doit suivre le canevas de demande qui comprend également le formulaire d’évaluation de la gestion financière de l’organisation et le cadre de mesure des résultats du projet.
NB : Veuillez noter qu’il s’agit d’un processus très sélectif et nous ne contacterons que les organisations dont les projets seront retenus.
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[2] ONUSIDA, 2016, Rapport sur le retard pris en matière de prévention
[3] AVERT, 2018, Growing Older and Ageing with HIV
[4] Negin, J and Cumming, R, 2010. HIV infection in older adults in Sub –Saharan Africa: extrapolating prevalence from existing data.
Ci-dessous, les formulaires à remplir:
CANEVAS DE DEMANDE -JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE SIDA 2018
GUIDE D’ELABORATION DE BUDGET – 2018
EVALUATION DE GESTION FINANCIERE – 2018
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 16 DAYS AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 2018
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 16 DAYS AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 2018
[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Since its founding by women’s rights activists in 1991, the 16 Days of Activism Campaign has been used as an organising strategy by individuals, groups and women’s rights organisations around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women. Ending violence against women has been at the centre of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)’s work for several years. As part of AWDF’s support to the cause to eliminate VAW, AWDF supports the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign by awarding grants to women’s organisations in Africa to organise and coordinate activities around the event.
AWDF is therefore putting out a call for proposals for activities to mark 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence in 2018. In 2018, AWDF will fund small sized women’s rights organisations on the African continent to lend their voice to the campaign as well as participate in activities that will raise awareness and mobilise action around ending all forms of violence against women and girls in universities and other tertiary institutions.
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in educational contexts is an issue of great concern. It is a violation in its own right, and also has great repercussions for the well-being and future of women and girls. Many girls and young women are subjected to gender-based violence in or around the places where they study and seek education. These violations occur in different ways including rape, physical violence, stalking, sexual harassment, coerced sex-for-grades and emotional abuse. This is a violation of their human rights, and a form of gender-discrimination that has far-reaching physical, psychological and educational consequences.
Until gender-based violence is eliminated in and around universities and other tertiary institutions across Africa, many of the ambitious targets set by the global community through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to provide safe and supportive learning environments, to end violence against girls and young women in all settings and to achieve gender equality, will not be realised.
As part of efforts to eliminate gender-based violence and to help achieve the SDGs, AWDF as part of activities to commemorate the 2018 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence seeks to support women’s rights organisations employing innovative approaches, methodologies, tools and resources that show positive results in preventing and responding to violence against women within tertiary institutions.
AWDF will prioritise applications from initiatives led by women students themselves and/or women’s rights organisations working closely with women’s student groups and movements in educational institutions.
We also encourage innovation- so send in your great ideas. Projects may include activities that;
- Promote the development and implementation of university policies and action plans on how to address all types of violence on campus, to foster a safe and discrimination free learning environment.
- Prevention of discrimination and sexual harassment in educational contexts
- Improve safety on campus and off -campus
- Initiatives that address non-violent conflict resolution, shifting harmful gender norms, power inequalities and dynamics on campus
- Create a gender aware safe and effective reporting and counselling system that gives effective support to survivors of VAWG.
- Empower women students to assert themselves and prevent themselves from violation and to seek assistance when violations occur
- Research on the drivers, risks and cultural contexts of VAWG on campus
- Create a movement of students, communities and stakeholders to eliminate VAWG and promote a violence-free, safe space for learning for women and women staff
- Interventions that will focus on involving other key stakeholders (such as lecturers, other staff and student leaders) in the transformation of gender discriminatory norms, attitudes and behaviours.
- Initiatives that would hold educational institutions accountable in their VAWG preventive work
- Mobilise community and stakeholders’ support to prevent VAWG in educational contexts
The current call is opened from 29 June to 20 July 2018. Applicants are to send in proposals with innovative advocacy strategies to address issues around eliminating violence against women and girls in tertiary institutions.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant Organisation:
- Must have been in existence for at least 3 years
- Must be duly registered, at least with its local government structure
- Must be led by a woman and have a focus on Women’s Rights
- 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 be highly recommended by a donor agency, a grantee or partner of AWDF or the local government office
- Must complete the necessary application forms
- Must have an annual budget not more than US$100,000
Grant Size & Period
The grant size is US$2,000. Therefore, eligible projects should have a budget of not more than US$2,000 to be supported by AWDF funds. The grant period will be for 4 months from the date of award.
How to Apply
Interested women’s rights organisations should send in their proposals using the required application guidelines to the AWDF secretariat via email to awdf@africlub.net/awdf; shirley@africlub.net/awdf. The applicant must also complete and include a financial management assessment form and an outcome form.
NOTE: Please note that this is a very competitive process. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Find the full application guidelines and required forms below
APPLICATION GUIDELINES -16 DAYS AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
AWDF PROPOSAL BUDGET WORKSHEET – 2018
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES – 2018
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[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Depuis sa création en 1991, les activistes des droits des femmes, des individus, des groupes et des organisations de défense des droits des femmes dans le monde se sont servis de la Campagne des 16 Jours d’activisme comme stratégie de mobilisation pour éliminer toutes formes de violences faites aux femmes. La lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes a toujours été au centre des activités de l’AWDF depuis plusieurs années. Dans le cadre de son appui pour éliminer les violences faites aux femmes, l’AWDF va donc octroyer des subventions aux organisations de défense des droits des femmes en Afrique afin de leur permettre d’organiser et coordonner des activités pour cette campagne.
L’AWDF lance donc un appel à projets pour la mise en œuvre d’activités en vue de la commémoration de la campagne mondiale des “16 jours d’activisme contre les violences basées sur le genre” de cette année. Dans cette optique d’appuyer la campagne mondiale de 2018, l’AWDF va financer les petites organisations de défense des droits des femmes en Afrique pour se rallier à cette campagne et prendre part aux activités qui viseront à mettre fin à toutes formes de violence faites aux femmes et aux filles dans leurs communautés. Cette année nous ciblons particulièrement les projets dont les objectifs visent à éliminer les violences faites aux femmes et filles en milieu universitaire et dans les institutions de l’enseignement supérieur.
Les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles en milieux scolaires, demeurent une grande préoccupation. Ce sont des violations qui ont des conséquences néfastes sur le bien-être et l’avenir des femmes et filles. Bon nombre de filles et de jeunes femmes sont victimes de violences basées sur le genre dans leur milieu scolaire. Ces violations se produisent sous plusieurs formes notamment viol, violence physique, harcèlement sexuelle, rapport sexuel forcés en échange pour des notes et violence émotionnelle. Ce sont des violations de leurs droits fondamentaux et une sorte de discrimination basée sur le genre qui a de lourdes conséquences sur les plans physiques, psychologiques et scolaires.
Si nous n’éliminons pas toutes les formes de violences basées sur le genre dans et autour de nos universités et autres institutions d’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, nous ne réaliserons en aucun cas les objectifs ambitieux fixés par la communauté mondiale à travers les Objectifs de Développement Durables (ODD) à savoir assurer un milieu d’apprentissage favorable, mettre fin à toute formes de violences faites aux filles et aux jeunes femmes dans tous les contextes et réaliser l’égalité des sexes
Afin d’éliminer les violences basées sur le genre, de réaliser les ODD et dans le cadre de ses activités de commémoration de la campagne des 16 jours d’activisme contre les violences basées sur le genre, l’AWDF cherche à appuyer des organisations de défense des droits des femmes qui utilisent des approches, des méthodologies, des outils et des ressources innovantes qui produisent des résultats positifs en matière de prévention et de réponses aux violences faites aux femmes dans les institutions de l’enseignement supérieur.
L’AWDF va prioriser les initiatives dirigées par les étudiantes elles-mêmes et/ou des organisations de défense des droits des femmes qui travaillent en étroite collaboration avec des groupes et mouvements estudiantins des établissements d’enseignement supérieur.
L’AWDF est passionnée par l’innovation et vous encourage donc à envoyer vos idées ingénieuses qui visent à
- Promouvoir l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de politiques et de plans d’action universitaires sur la lutte contre les formes de violences dans les universités afin de bâtir un lieu d’apprentissage favorable et sans discrimination.
- Mettre fin à la discrimination et au harcèlement sexuels dans les milieux scolaires.
- Renforcer la sécurité dans les milieux scolaires et hors des campus
- Promouvoir la culture de la non-violence dans les règlements de conflits et à aborder les questions de changement des normes nuisibles relatives au genre, des inégalités et dynamiques de pouvoir en milieu universitaire
- Créer un système sensible au genre qui permettra de dénoncer les cas de violence, faire du counseling et donner un soutien adéquat aux victimes des violences faites aux femmes et aux filles.
- Responsabiliser les étudiantes pour leur permettre d’éviter de toute forme de violation et de demander de l’aide en cas de violation.
- Faire des recherches sur les facteurs, les risques et les contextes culturels des violences faites aux femmes et filles sur les campus.
- Créer non seulement un mouvement estudiantin, communautaire et de parties prenantes pour éliminer les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles mais aussi promouvoir un espace d’apprentissage favorable et sans violence pour les femmes et les membres du personnel qui sont des femmes.
- Entreprendre des interventions axées sur l’implication d’autres parties prenantes importantes (à savoir professeurs, autres membres du personnel et dirigeants des mouvements d’étudiants) dans les actions de changement de normes, d’attitudes et de comportements discriminatoires en matière de genre.
- Développer des initiatives qui vont impliquer les intervenants principaux (professeurs, leaders du mouvement des enseignants et des étudiants) en vue du changement des normes sexo spécifiques, attitudes et comportements discriminatoires.
- Développer des projets destinés à emmener les institutions universitaires à rendre compte de leurs actions de prévention contre les violences faites aux femmes et filles.
- Mobiliser le soutien des communautés et des parties prenantes pour la prévention des violences faites aux femmes et filles dans le contexte scolaire.
Cet appel est lancé du 29 juin au 20 juillet 2018. Les organisations postulantes doivent envoyer des projets innovateurs avec des stratégies efficaces en vue d’aborder la question des violences faites aux femmes et filles dans les établissements de l’enseignement supérieur.
Critère d’Eligibilité
L’organisation postulante doit
- avoir au moins 3 ans d’existence ;
- être dûment enregistrée au moins auprès de la préfecture de son pays ;
- être dirigée par une femme ;
- avoir des structures adéquates de gestions de projet ;
- avoir un système de gestion financière ;
- pouvoir produire un rapport sur les résultats du projet ;
- être hautement recommandée par un bailleur de fonds, une organisation bénéficiaire de l’AWDF ou la préfecture du pays où elle intervient ;
- remplir le formulaire de demande ;
- avoir un maximum de 100000 dollars comme budget annuel.
Montant de la Subvention
Le montant de la subvention s’élève à 2000$. Les projets retenus doivent présenter un budget maximum de 2000$. La subvention s’étend sur une période de 4 mois à compter de la date d’attribution.
Comment postuler ?
Nous demandons aux organisations intéressées d’envoyer leurs projets au secrétariat de l’AWDF par email à awdf@africlub.net/awdf; shirley@africlub.net/awdf.
Vous devez suivre le canevas de demande qui comprend également le formulaire d’évaluation de la gestion financière de l’organisation et le cadre de mesure des résultats du projet.
NB : Veuillez noter qu’il s’agit d’un processus très sélectif et nous ne contacterons que les organisations dont les projets seront retenus.
MODALITE DE DEMANDE – 16 JOURS D’ACTIVISME
GUIDE D’ELABORATION DE BUDGET – 2018
EVALUATION DE GESTION FINANCIERE – 2018
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In Bloom: AWDF Activity Report 2017
In Bloom: AWDF Activity Report 2017
This year, AWDF set the stage for our new strategic plan Shaping the Future (2017-2021). It was a year of significant expansion in our budget, in our programming and also growth in our staff team as we began our planned scale-up in contributions in the world of African feminist philanthropy. Under our new strategic plan, AWDF has a threefold aim of resourcing African women’s organisations and movements to promote, protect and realise women’s human rights, amplifying African women’s rights, concerns and resourcing agendas; and sustaining AWDF as a financially secure, effective and well governed feminist philanthropic organisation.
To read our activity report in full, click the link below.
LFS Round 2: AWARD OF GRANTS FOR 2017-2018
LFS Round 2: AWARD OF GRANTS FOR 2017-2018
[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]AWDF is excited to announce the award of the second round of grants for “Leading from the South” for Africa and the Middle East, supporting advocacy and lobbying to advance women’s rights.
We received many exciting applications from women’s rights organisations and coalitions from across Africa and the Middle East that spanned the full range of our thematic areas, and contained innovative approaches to advocacy work. We would like to commend all eligible applicants for putting forward thorough and engaging applications. After a rigorous screening, 22 grants have been approved with grant awards totaling US $5,657,900.
See the breakdown of the Data and the full grants list below.
LFS Grantees: Round 2
Yalla Grantees
- Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc / Rabat, Morocco
- Association des Femmes Handicapées de Madagascar (AFHAM), Madagascar
- Institute For Social Transformation (IST), Uganda
- Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), South Africa
Ananse Grantees
- ABANTU For Development, Ghana
- Alliances for Africa, Nigeria
- Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), Lebanon
- EarthLore Foundation, South Africa
- Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya), Kenya
- Horizons Femmes, Cameroon
- Psycho Social Counseling Center for Women, Palestine
- The Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa, South Africa
- Womankind Kenya, Kenya
- Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Nigeria
- Women and Law in Southern Africa, Zambia
- Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe (WFOZ), Zimbabwe
- Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Uganda
- The Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), Nigeria
Pamoja Grantees
- Collective for Research and Training on Development Action (CRTDA), Lebanon
- FEMNET- The African Women’s Development and Communication Network, Kenya
- Women in Law and Development in Africa – Afrique de l’Ouest (WiLDAF), Togo
- Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL), South Africa
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L’AWDF a le plaisir de vous annoncer sa deuxième série de subventions octroyées en Afrique et au Moyen Orient dans le cadre du projet «LE SUD AUX RÊNES DU LEADERSHIP» dont l’objectif est d’appuyer les actions de plaidoyer et de lobbying en vue de la promotion des droits des femmes.
La demande était très énorme. Les organisations de défenses des droits des femmes et des coalitions en Afrique et au Moyen Orient ont envoyé des propositions de projets intéressants et après un examen rigoureux de ces dossiers, 22 subventions d’un montant total de 5657900 de dollars américains ont été approuvées.
Ci-dessous les détails sur les organisations sélectionnées
Bénéficiaires de LFS : 2e cycle de subventions
Bénéficiaires de la catégorie Yalla
Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc / Rabat, Maroc
Association des Femmes Handicapées de Madagascar (AFHAM), Madagascar
Institute For Social Transformation (IST), Ouganda
Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), Afrique du Sud
Bénéficiaires de la catégorie Ananse
ABANTU For Development, Ghana
Alliances for Africa, Nigeria
Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), Liban
EarthLore Foundation, Afrique du Sud
Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya), Kenya
Horizons Femmes, Cameroun
Psycho Social Counseling Center for Women, Palestine
The Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa, Afrique du Sud
Womankind Kenya, Kenya
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Nigeria
Women and Law in Southern Africa, Zambie
Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe (WFOZ), Zimbabwe
Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Ouganda
The Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), Nigeria
Bénéficiaires de la catégorie Pamoja
Collective for Research and Training on Development Action (CRTDA), Liban
FEMNET- The African Women’s Development and Communication Network, Kenya
Women in Law and Development in Africa – Afrique de l’Ouest (WiLDAF), Togo
Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL), Afrique du Sud
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