From the 19 – 21st November 2012, AWDF will hold a 3 day skills building workshop on ‘Rights and Results Based Programming’ (RBP) in Johannesburg, South Africa, for 30 grantee partners from the Southern Africa region (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland). This training will seek to adapt the framework of the RBP […]
When I was told about Hope Rising and asked to say a few words, I accepted immediately. No hesitation, no checking of schedules – just immediate acceptance. There were two reasons for this. The first is all about Stephen Lewis. He has been a key influence in my life – though I am only one of so many […]
The International Network of Women’s Fund (INWF) is a network of independent women funds committed to expanding the resources available to women’s human rights in the global south and countries in transition. It is a membership association linking Women’s Funds to promote philanthropy with a feminist perspective. INWF currently has 45 members in 32 countries. […]
Launch of ‘Women Leading Africa: Conversations with Inspirational African Women’ by the African Women’s Development Fund as part of the Adventurers in the Diaspora (AiD) Forum Date: Thursday, 25th October 2012 Venue: Branche Lounge, Golden Tulip Time: 7.30pm This event will include a panel discussion on ‘African Women and Leadership’ moderated by H.E. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi […]
On June 27, 2012, the Nana Yaa Memorial Trust for Good Quality Reproductive Health Services held a day’s round table conference to advocate for the adoption of the partograph with latent phase in all maternal health care provision institutions in Ghana. This was a follow –up to a previously held one day seminar on 10th […]
Watch this video interview with Abigail Burgesson, AWDF’s Special Programmes Manager to learn more about the work that we do
The Power of ‘we’ is about teamwork. The power of ‘we’ is about unity of purpose. Unity, undoubtedly, translates into concrete strength, huge achievements, steady and sustained progress amongst other benefits. According to a recent publication in the American Political Science Review,” a new study on violence against women conducted over four decades […]
Today is the first ‘International Day of the Girl‘ At AWDF we believe in “Investing in young women’s leadership, and promoting an inter-generational transfer of skills and knowledge“. […]
Yesterday the Ghana branch of ‘Women in Law and Development in Africa’ held ‘The 2nd Women’s Dialogue with Political Parties’. I listened to the programme at 10.30am via radio en route to interview ‘Virtuous Women and Children International’, an AWDF grantee. I was disappointed I wasn’t there in person. A typo in the event advertised […]