Mengbwa: Actions Jeune was set up in 2002 by Ateba EBA Medjo Carine Michelle and Sandrine Bourgeois to empower single mothers, to fight social injustice against women, and to fight against HIV and AIDS. MAJE works to contribute to the development and empowerment of women, with a gender-sensitive participatory approach, that respects the sustainable management […]

Professor Bonita Meyersfeld founded the Legal Centre for Gender-Based Violence Association (Lawyers against Abuse-LvA) to provide a highly specialised, integrated legal and psychosocial services for survivors of violence. With the grant, LvA will empower women and girls in the community to advocate for increased access to justice among survivors of violence and ensure an improvement […]

La Floraison ASBL was founded in 2008 to address challenges related to the inability of women to defend their own rights and interests, and the lack of women and girls’ participation and inclusion in local government. The grant awarded is to help support the active and meaningful participation of women and girls in the implementation […]

KESWA was established in 2010 to facilitate the improvement of the human rights status of all sex workers in the country and address the challenges sex workers faced. The grant will be used to support the work of the organisation including strengthening its financial systems and programmes. The grant will also help them to strengthen […]

KENWA was formed in 1993 by 5 Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) as a self-help group to support other WLHIV who were facing HIV related stigma and discrimination. KENWA is a national organisation with a mission to improve the quality of life of women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The grant awarded will be used […]

Jekesa Pfungwa Vulingqondo (JPV) is an indigenous Zimbabwean non-governmental organisation, working with women’s groups at the grassroots level, for the mobilization and development of women in rural and poor urban areas. The grant awarded is to help improve accountability in governance at community level. This will be led by a group of women and youths […]

L’Initiative Pananetugri pour le Bien-être de la Femme (IPBF) was founded in 2011 to contribute to the promotion of women’s rights and development in legal, socio-economic and cultural areas. IPBF aims to be a feminist organisation supporting leadership and the well-being of young women and women. With the grant, IPBF will build and strengthen the […]

The Indigenous Information Network (IIN) was founded in 2001 in response to addressing information through the media about remote rural Indigenous communities who are mainly pastoralists as they struggle to exist. The grant awarded is to help empower indigenous women to stand up for their rights, including their rights to land and also provide them […]

Formerly known as the Malawi Human Rights for Women and Girls with Disabilities (MHRWGDs), the organisation was formed in 2008 by women activists living with disability who knew from experience that women and girls with disability in Malawi were excluded from participation in public life, and did not enjoy sexual and reproductive choices. Thus, the […]

Founded in 2003, Association Horizons Femmes works to contribute to the reduction in gender inequality to achieve an equal, just and balanced society. Horizons Femmes envisions a society in which social relations are based on social justice and equity, bringing about a harmonised human development for the poor and vulnerable groups. The grant awarded is […]