By Rose Buabeng & Mary Akukumah: AWDF The Month of October is commemorated as Breast Cancer Awareness month (Pink October) in countries across Africa and globally. All efforts are devoted to increasing attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as palliative care of this disease. In Africa, breast cancer is […]
How are you feeling…? Mental health and emotional well-being is one of the significant Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) categories that are a leading cause of death and disability for African women. In a continent-wide study on NCDs and women in 2020, AWDF found that close to 73 million women in Africa were affected by mental health […]
Women Mobilising for Climate Justice By: Rose Buabeng, Programme Officer, African Women’s Development Fund In the lead-up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November 2021, women are mobilising to engage in the environment and climate discourses. COP 26 provides a significant opportunity to highlight feminist demands on gender-just climate […]
Management and Leadership Development Training Programme We are looking for a consultant to develop and implement a collectively agreed approach to feminist leadership training and follow up coaching to all Line Managers within the organisation. The training and coaching programme is intended to enable managers be more impactful in their leadership, and to improve on […]
Decentring the colonial gaze: conversation on inclusive knowledge and evidence for Violence against Women Prevention in Africa On September 09, 2021, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), Raising Voices and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) unveiled an Introductory guide (also available in French) for the creation of prevention knowledge and evidence for African […]
As part of our monitoring, evaluation and learning process, AWDF conducts grantees’ Recognition surveys annually to identify achievements and recognition of grantees supported. The recognition survey report focuses on highlighting grantees achievements and acknowledging their impact and contribution to achieving women’s equal rights and gender justice. Read the 2021 Recognition Survey here
AWDF is embarking on an exciting multiyear initiative supported by the Ford Foundation to address sexual violence in West Africa. To support the Inception Phase of this work, we are looking to engage a consultant or a team of consultants preferably womxn from Africa who have in-depth understanding of (and commitment to) feminist principles. We’d […]
AWDF is excited to invite you to visit our redesigned Knowledge Exchange Platforms – AfriRep and the SAUTI Centre. The AWDF Knowledge Exchange Platforms are generative, innovative and safe spaces (virtual and physical) for creative and diverse feminist learning, sharing and engagement. They are structured around AWDF’s responsibility to knowledge creators, subjects of content, users, […]
Established in 2000, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a feminist grantmaking foundation that supports local, national and Africa regional women’s organisations working towards the promotion and realisation of women’s rights and recognition of African women’s leadership in all spheres of life. As an intersectional feminist organisation, we have an inclusive understanding of […]