Introduction There have been some significant gains for women in Africa over the past 15 to 20 years. Women are taking positions of leadership in increasing numbers in political, economic, legal and social fields. In Rwanda, women constitute 64% in parliament, ranking it as the leading nation globally for representation by women in a legislature. […]

AWDF is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Afua Naa Lamle Viana Owoo, our first Communications Specialist who passed away in London on January 5, 2016 from breast cancer. Naa Lamle joined AWDF in October 2001 and led communications and media work for the Africa Launch in November 2001. She directed AWDF’s first […]

January 14, 2016 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa. It’s a day to celebrate, yet the consequences of this outbreak – the worst the world has ever […]

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is happy to announce a new initiative led by the young feminists of our organisation. Happening this December, The Young Feminists Gathering (YFG) is a space of learning, engagement, solidarity and creativity for women between the ages of 18-35. YFG will take place each month at the AWDF Resource […]

  The United Nations defines violence against women as “Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” “Hannah was raped. It […]

  Writivism 2016 Workshops Billie Adwoa McTernan has been chosen to be one of a select number of emerging writers for Writivism’s 2016 workshops to be held in Accra, Kampala, Abidjan, Dakar and Goma. Billie was among 22 writers selected for the AWDF’s Women Writers Workshop held in Uganda in July this year. The workshops […]

Monday 16 November 2015 PRESS RELEASE: Kenyan girl-led charity wins international award for outstanding work Local charity Boxgirls Kenya is one of just 20 organisations from around the world to receive an inaugural With and For Girls Award. The With and For Girls Awards is a global initiative to identify and support strong local organisations […]

Read the original story posted to Graphic Online The Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG) Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has launched a project that will build the capacity of women entrepreneurs and small holder farmers in the Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region. Known as the “Economic governance project,” the two-phased project, funded by […]

New Report shows how African Rural Women hold the key to cultivating Diversity, Climate Change Resilience and Nutrition but are threatened by Agri-business practices and seed monopoly laws as climate change worsens. As delegates from around the world prepare to meet at the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, a new report from the African Biodiversity […]