In 2013, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) provided grants of US$2,232,250 to 126 women’s rights organisations in 27 African countries.   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: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, […]

In this video Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom, AWDF’s Grants Manager speaks to Mawusi Nudekor Awity, Executive Director of the Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG), Ghana, about business management skills and enterprise development for community based women.Mawusi also shares how AWDF’s capacity building support has enabled NEWIG to reach potential new donor partners.    

In 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) received a total of 905 grant applications from 35 Africancountries. A total of 187 organisations from 32 African countries were awarded grants of $2,176,500 in the following thematic areas: Women’s Human Rights, Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, Governance, Peace and Security, Reproductive Health and Rights, HIV/AIDS, and Arts, […]

In 2011 the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) made grants worth US$2,722,440 to 208 organisations across 29 countries in Africa over six thematic areas.     For further details on grantee partners please see the documents below: List of 2011 grantee partners Summary of grantee partners per country

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 […]

It is our pleasure to announce that African Women’s Development Fund is now accepting proposals for grants towards the commemoration of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence 2012. Please remember to fill in the Guidelines AS WELL AS the Financial Management Assessment Document, both downloadable from here: Call for Proposals for 2012 16 days […]

Are you currently a recipient of an AWDF grant? Or has your organisation ever recieved a grant for AWDF? If so, please fill the questionnaire in the link below. AWDF Questionnaire for Financial management Assessment of grantees July 2011 Please email the completed questionnaire to awdf@africlub.net/awdf and grants@africlub.net/awdf Thank you for your support