Archives in the category: health and reproductive rights

Swaziland Breast Cancer Network

$15,000 to print breast health information pamphlets and media campaigns; for counseling cancer survivors; refresher workshops for medical staff and rural health motivators; for client satisfaction surveys and research.

Princess of Africa Foundation

$ 15,000 for organisational development. Specifically the grant will be used to build capacity of board and staff, carry out strategic planning and develop fundraising strategies and purchase office equipment.

Amanitare Sexual Rights Network

$20,000 to strengthen the capacity of CSOs and promote the voices of women on SRHR issues at the national and regional levels.

Women Against Rape, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation (WARSHE)

$15,000 to conduct a survey on the incidence of sexual violence and abuse against young girls in high schools and tertiary institutions in 2 States (Osun and Oyo) in Nigeria. The research will provide solid evidence from which specific policies or policy directions to education, health and social welfare authorities could be recommended and also […]

Center for Advancement of Development Rights (CEADER)

$10,000 to organize educational activities on issues of HIV/AIDS and otherSTI’s for female sex workers and small scale traders in Ajegunlecommunity.Selectedinterestedfemalesexworkerswillbetrainedin various income generation skills. Part of the grant will be used for institutional support including the purchase of a computer and internet connection.

Women’s Rights & Democracy Centre (WORD Centre)

$15,000 to organize series of educational activities on reproductive health issues for adolescent girls in Margibi County as well as to support interested teenage female sex workers with income generating activities.

Fadoa Films Production

$20,000 to support the completion of a film on the life and work of Ghanaian writer Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, one of the most important feminist writers in Africa. Ghanaian Writer Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo was 70 years in 2011.

Creative Storm

$30,000 to support women artistes participating in the 2011 High Vibes Festival. To create a DVD for AWDF’s popular culture project. The proposed project will help to raise the profile of African women artistes in Ghana, showcase the work of women artistes and demonstrate the power of music for social justice work.