Let the Good Vibes Roll: Supporting Women Artists

AWDF is proud to support the participation of women artists in the 2012 edition of High Vibes produced by Creative Storm, Pidgin Music and Alliance Francaise (Accra). For details of events please see poster below

Our Newsletter

    We have had a most active first half of the year over here at AWDF, from launching an ambassador for our new thematic area, to celebrating International Women’s Day in memorable style, to fundraisers, to organisational events for grantees. Finally, here is a modest compilation of these months for your reading pleasure: Our […]

Catalytic Philanthropy and Funding for Women’s Organisations in Africa

In May this year, I found myself in an inspiring and thought-provoking event in Los Angeles, USA. It was the annual summit for Women’s Funding Network, and the theme was “Women Economics and Peace”. It was a most refreshing experience for me. This was mostly on account of the worth and quality of the presentations […]

Call for Proposals: HIV/AIDS Thematic Area

It is the pleasure of African Women’s Development Fund to announce that they are now accepting proposals for grants concerning HIV/AIDS. Below is a link to the proposal document which applicants may download. Please remember to fill in the Guidelines AS WELL AS the Financial Management Assessment Document, both downloadable from here: CALL FOR PROPOSALS […]

A RESOURCE PAPER: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

In recent months, AWDF has noticed with deep concern, a rise in the frequency of violence-related deaths and injuries, and domestic violence cases being reported by the various Ghanaian mediahouses. Not only does it seem that violence has increased, it also seems that it comes in a wider variety of instances, some increasingly brutal and […]

… THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET BREATHES

It’s been raining heavily in Ghana since late noon yesterday, the weighed-down clouds drenching the eastern and finally arriving in the southern half of the country early this morning. Even now, the weather is still very overcast and there is a constant baby-shower of rain. It is as if Mama Earth is projecting an aggregate […]

CALL TO ACTION! – STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN GHANA

For the past few months, our radios and air spaces have been blasting out and vibrating with hair-raising acts of violence against women and children. What concerns us is the obvious disparity between the levels of violence before, and the levels currently. The magnitude of violence in Ghana is now overwhelming, and calls for immediate […]

Grantee Highlight: Better HAG Uganda – Working With Champions

Written in bold, large fonts at the top of their webpage is the declaration: “We Strive to be Champions of Better Health”, and that is exactly what Better Health Action Group Uganda is turning out to be. Better HAG is a non-profit initiative with focus on Reproductive and Sexual Health, and in September 2011, they […]