PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Accra, 28th February 2012   Celebrate International Women’s Day with the African Women’s Development Fund and Alliance Francaise (Ghana) Every year on 8th March the world celebrates International Women’s Day. This year, celebrate International Women’s Day with the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and our partner, Alliance Francaise (Ghana). […]

Press Release Immediate Website: http://www.acbf-pact.org   African Capacity Building Foundation signs second phase grant with the African Women’s Development Fund to upscale women’s participation in policy development and implementation on the continent Accra, 23 February 2012 (ACBF) – The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) today signed a US$ 2.73 million grant with the African […]

[Below is a speech delivered today by AWDF’s Interim CEO, Theo Sowa at an event held to welcome the musician and activist Nneka Egbuna as AWDF’s Ambassador for the Arts] We are delighted to have you with us at AWDF this morning to welcome Nneka Egbuna in her role as AWDF’s Arts Ambassador. AWDF was […]

At a hotel in Entebbe this week, I was subjected to an experience that I would not wish upon my worst enemy. I am a recently retired (but not tired) almost 70 year old married mother of two and grandmother of seven. For many years, I have trained and mentored young people in leadership skills […]

  Thank you for your support to the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). As of December 2011, AWDF has awarded US$ 19,190,870 to 800 women’s rights organisations in 42 African countries

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) instituted a World AIDS Day programme in 2003 as part of its commitment to combating HIV & AIDS, and in particular the disproportionate effect of HIV & AIDS on African women. To mark World Aids Day in 2011, AWDF is supporting 20 grantee partners in 15 African countries to […]

The following organisations have been supported by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) to carry out a range of activities in support of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. Grantee partners for 2011 are: Centre for Legal Rights Education, Advocacy and Development (CLREAD) Kenya Christian Women Child Ministries (CWCM-Uganda) Uganda Childolescent and […]

                                “AWDF has been that group that has stood by Women Peace and Security Network since we started…they gave us our first grant, but beyond that you rarely see donors who are concerned about the welfare of an institution, who […]

On Saturday 8th October, Professor Wangari Maathai was laid to rest in Kenya. There will be an official memorial service for her on 14th October, giving her country, her many friends and admirers and the rest of the world an opportunity for an official farewell. The board and staff of AWDF would like to take […]