Archives in the category: thematic areas

Action Group for Community Development (AGCD)

$1,000 to train 20 volunteers of the organisation on gender based violence issues and to create awareness on female genital mutilations in Ngozi District in Burundi where it is still highly practiced.

Réseau SOS Femmes en Detresse – SOS FED

$10,000 to train 20 midwives and 20 nurses on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV&AIDS; to train 20 women living with HIV&AIDS and 20 female sex workers as peer educators; to undertake HIV education and provide psychological and free HIV voluntary testing for women.

Association Wendinyalgde Solidarité et Développement (A.W.S.D)

$10,000 to process birth certificates and identification cards for 1,000 rural women in Boni, a rural community in Burkina Faso; to conduct 5 training workshops on women’s rights issues for 100 leaders of women’s groups and to conduct a door to door sensitization on women’s political participation.$10,000 to process birth certificates and identification cards for […]

Association Wend-Songda

$8,000 to purchase a corn mill and train women in the production of flour and groundnut paste.

Stepping Stones International

$1,000 to organize community marches by youth peer educators in three districts (Francistown, Bobonong and Molepolole), targeting the high-traffic bus stations.

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE/Benin)

$10,000 to fight against stigma and discrimination among students through a variety of awareness creation programmes in 3 secondary schools in Ifangni. Part of the grant was used to produce and broadcast 5 radio programs with a focus on stigma reduction.