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Towards a transformational change for women and girls in Africa     19 November 2014 We, the African Ministers responsible for Gender and Women’s Affairs, attending the Ninth African Regional Conference on Women for the twenty-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, held in Addis Ababa on 19 […]

         

Watch Dr Funmi Olonisakin, Executive Director of the African Leadership Centre (ALC) in Nairobi, Kenya speak about the paucity of leadership on the African continent, and how the ALC through its fellowship programme is developing training young Africans for leadership within their communities and in the continent. Since 2010, the African Women’s Development Fund has […]

We the undersigned participants at a strategic meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, held in Cape Town on 3-4 May under the auspices of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), wish to communicate the following key messages from our deliberations to the World Economic Forum-Africa meeting “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”, 8-10 May 2013   […]

Between 2001 and 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) disbursed US$4,247,740.24 in grant-making to women’s rights and national organisations across the African continent. The majority of this funding has supported small community based women’s groups like Ngallu Djiguene in Senegal which in 2005 received a grant of US5,000; Anfoega Kaolin Processing Group which in […]

The board and staff of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) welcome the appointment of H.E. Mary Robinson as the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa. It is our belief that she will bring her passion for human rights and strong sense of integrity to work for the benefit of […]

AWDF has supported 20 African women’s rights organisations to carry out activities marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. These are: Action Group for Community Development (AGCD) – Burundi Africa Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) – Kenya Associacao Khalidwe of Lago – Mozambique Centre for Human Dignity and Development – Uganda Cercle […]

AWDF is pleased to support the International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (IWRM) Africa for the third consecutive year. The IWRM Africa takes place 27th-30th November 2012 in Kampala, Uganda. AWDF has awarded IWRM Africa a grant of $30,000 and in addition are sponsoring the participation of 27 women leaders from grantee organisations in 10 African […]