En 2013, I was leading a gender and peace building workshop in which the organisers intuitively built in institutional work as an essential part of creating peaceful and holistic societies. Organisations present were asked to look inward at their personal and institutional practices and values on gender. As part of institutional reflection, we invited three […]

    Master Class on Writing Children’s Stories and Young Adult Fiction with Mamle Wolo, Juin 14 in Accra This coming Saturday, award-winning author, Mamle Wolo will be teaching a writer’s master class focusing on children’s stories and young adult fiction. Many of her short stories have been published in several journals and anthologies. Aussi, […]

I spent the first three days of this week attending the African Women’s Development Fund’s (Rapport Annuel ) third Chief Executive Officer’s Forum at the Crowne Plaza Hotel here in Nairobi. The CEO Forum brings together leaders in women’s organizations that work with AWDF. I admit it, I had no idea what to expect. Yes I had […]

Bénéficiaires mis en lumière: T.O.M Pictures In 2003, Kuyo Attia, Robbie Thorpe et Kgomotso Matsunyane se sont associés pour fonder une société de production à Johannesburg appelée T.O.M Pictures. Ils ont pu produire plusieurs longs métrages depuis lors et repoussent continuellement les limites du cinéma et apportent un travail incroyable au public africain.. As a result of […]

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The following note touches on some broad issues that we struggle with as we ride the waves of leadership in our organisations. The note is a product of various moments of self and organisational-assessment and organizational development over the years. It is work in progress.   Leadership is the topic of the moment. ‘Leadership’ is […]

The CEO Forum forms part of AWDF’s commitment to strengthening the leadership of women’s organisations in Africa. It is a biennial event that provides a safe space for the leadership of women’s organisations to discuss strategic leadership issues, share experiences and build skills that will support their personal and organisational development. It is a safe […]

En 2013, le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ) provided grants of US$2,232,250 to 126 organisations de défense des droits des femmes dans 27 pays d’Afrique.   Our smallest grant was US$4,000 to a community based organization and our largest grant was US$90,000 to a national organization.   We worked in the following African countries: Bénin, Bostwana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, […]

The African Women’s Development Fund seeks to hire a Communications Consultant who may either work out of AWDF House in Ghana or virtually if they are located outside of Ghana. Please send your C.V. by email to grace[à]awdf dot org by 10th of June 2014. Please see PDF of job description in the link below […]

Le Fonds Africain pour le Developpement de la Femme, (Rapport Annuel ) is pleased to announce that after a competitive application process, 22 African women writers have been selected to take part in its first creative non-fiction writer’s workshop. This is the first of a series of workshops intended to give African women writers the space, time and enhanced skills to […]