LE FONDS DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES FEMMES AFRICAINES (Rapport Annuel )INVITE LES ÉCRIVAINES ET JOURNALISTES AFRICAINES À CANDIDATER À L'ATELIER DES ÉCRIVAINES AFRICAINES 2019. CET ATELIER D'ÉCRITURE DE 10 JOURS A LIEU AU GHANA, A PARTIR DU 21 OCTOBRE 2019 AU 30 OCTOBRE 2019. L'atelier sera animé par l'écrivain primé Yewande Omotoso, et journaliste de renommée internationale, Sylvia Vollenhoven. Cet atelier est […]
De 13-15 Septembre 2018, the African Women’s Development Fund convened activists, scholars, researchers and policymakers to build a thoughtful, progressive and transformative vision for the Future of African Women and the Economy under AWDF’s Economic Justice and Security thematic area. This convening investigated the various ways that African feminists are engaged in critique, analysis […]
The first article in our Bread and Butter series was written by Crystal Simeoni from the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), convenors of the African Feminist Macroeconomics Academy. The article provides a feminist reflection on current neoliberal macro level economic policies in Africa and how they affect women’s lives. The writer argues that current […]
Dans le cadre de nos rôles de renforcement des capacités et de plaidoyer auprès des donateurs, AWDF se lance dans un processus pour encourager les fonds des femmes africaines, acteurs philanthropiques alliés, et les organisations de femmes africaines que nous soutenons pour s'engager dans le domaine croissant de la production de connaissances et du développement et de la mise en œuvre de programmes autour de la prévention de la violence à l'égard des femmes fondée sur des preuves. Cette initiative […]
Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, a co founder of AWDF wrote a piece that reflected on her experiences of the CSW and various feminist spaces within the Nigerian Feminist ecosystem. In her piece she spoke to the importance of galvanising the feminist movement within African spaces and keeping track of the gains that we have made despite […]
This International Women’s Month, the African Women’s Development fund celebrates the power of Narrative, both on the collective and on the individual level. Throughout history African women have been rebellious change-makers, advocating for their independence and finding ways to gain power in societies that oftentimes restricted them from having full autonomy. It’s important for us […]