In May this year, I found myself in an inspiring and thought-provoking event in Los Angeles, USA. It was the annual summit for Women’s Funding Network, and the theme was “Women Economics and Peace”. It was a most refreshing experience for me. This was mostly on account of the worth and quality of the presentations […]

In April this year, Mawusi Nudekor Awity, Founder and Executive Director of AWDF Grantee Network for Women in Growth (NEWIG) won a scholarship to pursue a short course in Canada. She visited us at AWDF House, here in Accra to share the good news and spend a few moments with us before starting her trip. […]

It’s been raining heavily in Ghana since late noon yesterday, the weighed-down clouds drenching the eastern and finally arriving in the southern half of the country early this morning. Even now, the weather is still very overcast and there is a constant baby-shower of rain. It is as if Mama Earth is projecting an aggregate […]

For the past few months, our radios and air spaces have been blasting out and vibrating with hair-raising acts of violence against women and children. What concerns us is the obvious disparity between the levels of violence before, and the levels currently. The magnitude of violence in Ghana is now overwhelming, and calls for immediate […]

Today as I write this, I sit behind a computer, typing perkily away at my keyboard in my comfortable office environment that has, in the time I have been working here, empowered me very deeply. I feel strong, I believe in myself, I feel good, and I actually have for work-colleagues ‘sisters’ who project as […]

Written in bold, large fonts at the top of their webpage is the declaration: “We Strive to be Champions of Better Health”, and that is exactly what Better Health Action Group Uganda is turning out to be. Better HAG is a non-profit initiative with focus on Reproductive and Sexual Health, and in September 2011, they […]

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in partnership with the African Feminist Forum (AFF) warmly invite you to a series of events organised for the AWID Forum 2012. It will be an opportunity to share our experiences as African feminists on some of the most pressing challenges on our continent. You are warmly invited to […]

“What’s the point in celebrating International Women’s Day?” a journalist asked me earlier today. “If there was no point in celebrating International Women’s Day would you be interviewing me?” was my instinctive response. It’s easy to ‘rubbish’ events like International Women’s Day but in my opinion marking such occasions (as well as the other occasions […]

It is always a joy to come to the house of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) This is because whenever we come, it is about something to do with women, particularly in terms of advancing our commitment to improving our own well-being and that of several generations of girls and women to come. Today […]

It really is a great pleasure to be here for the signing of the ACBF/AWDF phase 2 grant agreement. AWDF is delighted with this opportunity to continue our relationship with ACBF – and for many reasons. Of course we welcome the grant from ACBF to AWDF of 2.7 million dollars over a four year period… […]