Jessica Horn, AWDF’s Director of programs was interviewed by News Deeply! See an excerpt below-and follow the read the entire interview. Don’t talk to Jessica Horn about tie dye. The director of programs for the African Women’s Development Fund doesn’t have time for women’s advancement projects that lean on an age-old standby: artisanal crafts. “One of the most […]

  Every girl and every woman has the right to health and the right to do what she chooses with her body. These rights affect her personal development, her participation in society, her livelihood and whether her family and community thrives. #SheDecides is a global movement to promote, provide, protect and enhance the fundamental rights […]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is inviting applications from feminist oriented Communications Practitioners to develop a Communications Strategy with work plan for Leading From the South, a funding initiative supporting women’s rights advocacy in the global South. For Terms of Reference, kindly click here. Closing date for receiving applications is Friday […]

We are excited to announce the publication of Feminist Africa Issue 22, a collection of essays, opinion pieces and artistic reflections on feminist organising across the African continent. This special edition was produced through a collaboration between Feminist Africa and the African Women’s Development Fund. The content germinated out of conversations at the 4th African […]

We are delighted to present our work for the past reporting period (November 2016 – November 2017). AmplifyChange is meaningfully contributing to our vision of improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young people, men and women – including the most vulnerable. In this Annual Report, we headline our scale of reach, the […]

The Capacity Building Resource Mobilisation Boot Camp is a taylor made mix of contemporary training and intensive hands on practical work where representatives of AWDF Grantees come together, usually for four to five days during which they are facilitated to develop Resource Mobilisation Strategies for their organisations.   Find the report for the last capacity […]

-By Beatrice Boakye Yiadom, Grants Manager, AWDF The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) congratulates the 50/50 Group on the commissioning of the Women’s Leadership Training Centre which will serve as a hub for learning and for equipping African women with the capacity to shape the future of Africa. We are proud to be associated with […]

In line with our objective of sharing knowledge, AWDF regularly makes available resources and material aimed at building the capacity of our grantees and of our partners in general. The African Women’s Development Fund believes that resourcing the work of transformative women on the continent means more than disbursing grants. It means actively responding […]