A Snapshot of the African Women’s Development Fund at 10

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release The Board of the African Women’s Development Fund announces the resignation of Ms. Bisi Adeleye Fayemi from the post of AWDF Executive Director, with effect from January 2011. The former ED, and co founder of AWDF, who is renowned for her commitment to women’s rights and her dedication to advancing […]

I missed the first couple of minutes of ‘The Witches of Gambaga’ documentary when it was premiered in Dakar, Senegal during the 3rd African Feminist Forum, yet in minutes I was gripped… the documentary took me back to Gambaga which I had visited in January 2010 during an AWDF monitoring and evaluation visit of grantees […]

The African Women’s Development Fund has been featured in the January 2011 edition of New African Woman. Please visit http://headley.co.uk/headturner/NAWwinter2010 to read the magazine online.

The following organisations have received grants from AWDF for a range of awareness raising activities on World AIDS day. These are: AGIR Mozambique Mozambique Alive with Purpose (Kamuda) Uganda Alliances for Africa Nigeria Centre fr Recherches et d’Actions pour la Promotion du Leadership Feminin-ONG Fondation Jeunesse Uni Benin Childolescent and Family Survival Organization – Women’s […]

AWDF has awarded grants to the following organisations to commemorate 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. They are: ABANTU for Development-NIGERIA Nigeria Actions pour la Re insertion Sociale de la femme Democratic Republic of Congo Association des Femmes pour le Developpement de la Cuniculture Benin Association Odjougbo Togo Association pour le Reinforment des […]

At the last Association of Women in Development Forum (AWID), I was one of a group of feminists that participated in a ‘Feminist Tech Exchange’, and since then I have been even more excited about the opportunity that technology holds for women’s empowerment – women can publish and share their own stories via the vast […]

“African Women and Political Participation” Lecture by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of the Republic of Liberia On the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary Of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Accra, Ghana, Friday, November 12, 2010 Madam Chair, Madam Executive Director; Your Excellency Madam Vice President of the Republic of Malawi; The Board of […]

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Celebrates its 10th Anniversary in Accra, Ghana, November 11th – 13th In June 2000, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) was launched through the efforts of its co-founders, Joana Foster (Ghana), Dr Hilda Tadria (Uganda) and Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (Nigeria). AWDF is the first Africa-wide […]