GCAF was established in 2000 with a mission to provide a supportive environment that educates and inspires underserved girls in Africa using arts. The organisation specializes in life skill development, creating livelihood opportunities for young people, dignifying young women by encouraging creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship through arts. With this grant, GCAF will support the “WE […]

Alliances for Africa (AfA) was established in 1993 at the United Nations Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria. AfA works to interface local, national, sub-regional and international initiatives on human rights, peace and sustainable development. AfA acts as a facilitator for the generation and dissemination of information within the women’s right field, pertinent to Africa. […]

Ajegunle Community Project (ACP) is a feminist organisation established in 1996 to build solidarity and a safe space for discussion, problem solving and advocacy to advance feminist strategies of ending VAWG. With this grant, the organisation will create awareness around Violence Against Women and Girls (WAVG) and promote Women’s Mental Health in Ajegunle Community through […]

WILDAF-AO was founded by a group of women who were passionate about women’s rights and who had gathered in Zimbabwe following the Nairobi NGO forum in 1985. WILDAF-AO was set up in 1997 to bring together the various national secretariats in the West African region and to address their needs more efficiently. The organisation was […]

The Women Land Rights in Afrika Consortium is made up of 3 organisations from Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania and led by GROOTS Kenya. The consortium was formed to deploy the collective experience of all three organisations to strengthen land governance across the continent. With the Leading from the South grant, the consortium will advance women […]

TAMWA was formed in 1987 to promote the improvement of women and children’s social, political and economic status through media advocacy. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will undertake empowerment activities for women and young women interested in politics through training, mentoring and coaching to increase the number of women aspiring to […]

SIHA Network was started by a group of Somali and Sudanese women living in conflict in the 1990s with the aim of giving grassroots women a voice to address subordination and violence against women and girls in the Horn of Africa. With this renewal grant, the organisation will strengthen the capacities of 300 street vendors […]

SIGI was established in 1998 to empower and protect women and girls, to increase their opportunities to actively engage in their own life, based on international standards as well as the Jordanian constitution. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will increase women’s knowledge on the benefits and protections they have under the […]

Raising Voices was founded by sexual health professionals in 1990 to figure out how to prevent violence against women and children. The organisation’s work has resulted in two ground-breaking approaches: the Good School Toolkit and the SASA! Activist Kit, both evidence-based and now used in more than 30 countries around the world. With the Leading […]

NAGAAD Women’s Network is a network of 45 women’s organisations in Somaliland founded in 1997 to serve as a collective voice for women and children to demand their rights as equal citizens of Somaliland. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will advocate for the passage of electoral law (Law No. 20) that […]