Youth Changers Kenya is a local organisation that was formed in 2015 by Venoranda Rebecca Kuboka to help address the issues of high rates of teenage pregnancy, lack of sexual reproductive health information and services and high prevalence of sexual violence within her community. With this grant, YCK will commemorate the 2020 Sixteen Days of […]

YWCA was initially formed in 1952 and later ceased operations for 24 years, It was re-established in 2000 as an Ethiopian resident charity. The organisation’s mission is to become a strong people’s organisation, which upholds; gender equality, socio-economic welfare and youth leadership for nation building. With this grant, YWCA Ethiopia would enhance the livelihoods of […]

WoMin is a regional women’s rights organisation working across the continent with small and medium sized local organisations to protest and demand for alternatives to destructive extractivism by mobilising women from marginalised communities and building local capacities for environmental issues based advocacy. This grant will be used to continue the building of a grassroots women’s […]

WONETHA was established in 2008 by three sex workers to address the challenges facing sex workers. The organisation’s mission is to improve the health, social and economic wellbeing of adult female sex workers in Uganda while advocating for their human rights. This grant will be used to address the SRHR challenges facing sex workers in […]

The Women’s Legal Centre is an African feminist legal centre that develops the law, policy and feminist jurisprudence based on an intersectional approach with substantive equality as its foundation. The Centre was formed in 1998 by a group of feminist lawyers who sought to advance the constitutional rights of women in South Africa. The grant […]

WISA was started in April 2004 by Ms. Uduak Enefiok to promote women’s rights, gender equality and sustainable development for poor and excluded women, youth and children. The AWDF grant will be used to create awareness on HIV/AIDS and related mental and emotional health and wellbeing issues. Part of the project will engage CSOs, government […]

Women’s Health and Equal Rights Association Rwanda (WHERAR) was started in 2013 by 6 Rwandan women to create a platform for women to exchange ideas around how issues of VAWG could be addressed. WHERAR works to empower young women and girls with information and skill to challenge patriarchal structures that perpetuate inequality within communities and […]

Women, Infants and Children Care Initiative (WICCI) was started in 2005 by Mrs. Doyinsola Ajoke Adebayo to empower and support vulnerable women and children in the local communities. They advocate for the passing of a Bill on violence against persons living with disabilities and are also part of the COVID-19 Gender Response Team to put […]

WOSAG was started by a group of women activists from the Northern Region of Ghana to provide opportunities and space for women and girls, to mobilise, take and lead actions and improve their welfare through capacity building, advocacy and community mobilization. With this grant, WOSAG will strengthen its institutional capacity to deliver programming and support […]

WILD was formed in January 2012 by a group of women seeking to empower women and girls to move from the periphery to the core of economic, social and political activity. The organisation’s mission is to enhance the capacity of women and girls to participate in economic and environmental activities, influence structural changes and have […]