$8,000 to produce radio programmes, train women leaders on women’s rights issues and create awareness on sexual violence among project community. The project will educate women on their rights and the mechanisms in place to protect those rights in the DRC, a country which has been devastated by armed conflicts and where sexual violence has […]

$8,000 to set up and equip a literacy centre in Mwenga in DRC. The Mwenga community is highly deprived with a high illiteracy rate. Radio programmes on women’s rightswill be used to supplement the adult literacy programme as a means of boosting the status of women in the community.

To support the participation of the Executive Director in a workshop organized as part of the International Women’s Summit in Nairobi.

$12,000 to train 60 Bambuti indigenous women in soap making as a means of increasing their income levels. The trained women are expected to pass the skills on to others after gaining the knowledge. This is a group of women who are badly marginalized within the Congolese culture, which leaves them particularly vulnerable. The improved […]

$1000 to organize a one day training workshop on gender based violence issues and organize community awareness creation activities on the need to curb violence against women

A contribution of $15,000 to organize the young women feminist forum in Central Africa.

$1000 to print T shirts, undertake a route march, radio and community education as well as HIV VCT services as part of the 2011 World AIDS day celebrations.

A contribution of $3,800 to enable the participation of a staff member in 2011 ICASA

$15,000 to purchase corn mills and award credits to widows living with HIV/AIDS to engage in income generation activities

$15,000 to produce a shadow report on Cameroon for presentation to the CEDAW Committee. The grant will also support 2 women to participate in the conference.