When Surplus People’s Project’s CEO, Herschelle Milford, was invited to participate in the African Women’s Development Fund’s CEO Forum on Leadership and Governance in 2015, it would be the start of a journey of growth that would build networks with feminist leaders across the African continent. At the time, Milford said her “biggest drawback has […]
Le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines organise le 4ème bootcamp de mobilisation des ressources à Accra, Ghana du 28 au 31 août 2017. Le Bootcamp de mobilisation des ressources est l'un des programmes de renforcement des capacités organisés par AWDF pour aider les bénéficiaires à développer leur stratégie de mobilisation des ressources.. AWDF a fourni un soutien au renforcement des capacités […]
When the African Women’s Development Fund invited Lorato Moalusi-Sakufiwa to the CEO Forum’s Leadership and Governance programme, a Capacity Building initiative, it would plant a small seed that would bear fruit over a broad reach of the organisation’s programmes. “For me gaining leadership skills and then leading this organisation so that, à son tour, it […]
En 2013, the Centre for Rights, Education and Awareness (CREAW) in Kenya was facing closure. Nearly 5,000 cases affecting women that CREAW was overseeing were still within the legal system but the organisation — like many in the country — was in the midst of a funding crisis. CREAW is a national, women’s human […]
Le Fonds Africain pour le Developpement de la Femme (Rapport Annuel ) présente ses condoléances au peuple sierra-léonais pour le glissement de terrain dévastateur à Freetown le 14 Août 2017. Cela a touché des milliers de personnes, dont plusieurs partenaires bénéficiaires. Experiences from across Africa and from different types of natural or human made disasters has shown us that women’s community responses […]
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Immediate supervisor: Deputy Director Position summary: To develop and manage Prospera’s capacity building program (on learning, contrôle et évaluation; finance and administration; local fundraising; plaidoyer, entre autres) as well as to be the liaison between member funds from Africa and the network. Principal tasks and responsibilities: • Work collaboratively with other team members to develop […]
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Go-getter. These are some of the words that can be usedto describe Claris. She is 19 years old and part of Paza, Akili Dada’s gap year programme in Kenya. Claris joined Akili Dada in her first year of high school, at Precious Blood-Riruta. Coming from MukuruKwa Reuben, a resource-strapped community in Nairobi, she knew her […]
Nelly*is a survivor of sexual violence who has persistently resolved to overcome stigma, rejection, fear and suicidal thoughts that threatened to immobilise her after she was raped in 2014. GVRC Project Participant Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre .It has not been an easy journey. With the assistance of counselling staff and members of […]