PROGRAMME OFFICER – DONOR LIAISON Job Summary The role of the Programme Officer – Donor Liaison is to work with other team members to coordinate and manage AWDF’s donor portfolio, ensuring that AWDF is meeting its implementation and reporting obligations to all stakeholders as identified. The post holder will work cross organisationally to ensure […]
By: Sabine Afodanyi, Knowledge Management Intern I began my internship with the African Women’s Development Fund with eagerness and desire to soak in as much knowledge as I can concerning African feminism. I had the opportunity of interning with the Knowledge Management department, which is responsible for archiving and analyzing feminist knowledge produced by the […]
Gender activists from across Southern Africa launch the#VoiceandChoice 2019 Barometer alongside the State of Women in SADC 2019 report. The Barometer has been produced for the last eleven years by the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, a network of Women’s Rights Organisations that campaigned for the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development in 2008, its updating and […]
Why this primer? This primer provides an overview of key terms, trends, approaches, and evidence used to frame violence against women (VAW) prevention programming. It is designed to strengthen programming, advocacy, and research for evidence-based violence against women prevention in Africa. We hope that it will both contribute to individual learning and promote collective knowledge […]
We are happy to share this update on the upcoming African Women Writers Workshop. The number of applications received was truly amazing and we’re excited by the high level of interest in the event. Screening is still ongoing, but due to the high number of qualified applications received, we are unable to respond to every […]
Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Alamy Gender activism is yielding significant dividends as funding for women’s rights initiatives reach unprecedented levels. The African Women’s Development Fund has made great strides in driving donor funding towards more impactful causes with partnership initiatives such as Leading from the South, Amplify Change and the recently announced Equality Fund. But this is […]
” The continent is emerging from some really difficult challenges and some of the drivers of that change are women and girls. The continent can do so much more and has so much more potential but we will only get there if we use 100% of our human resources and that means women and girls […]
Edith Asamani More than 6000 delegates from around the world participated in this year’s Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada. It was a time of sharing, learning and networking with discussions focused on diverse topics including education, economic and political empowerment, good governance, women and girl empowerment. World leaders, journalists, influencers, advocates, academics, activists, […]
Manchie Women gari processors working in a smoke-free environment using Improved LPG Stoves provided by AWDF/20/05/11 By Rose Buabeng, AWDF 05/06/2019 Since inception, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has invested in and supported several women agro-processing groups to improve their production processes into more energy efficient systems. With a global focus on air […]