AWDF at the Women and Girls Africa Summit 2020

AWDF is honoured to be sponsoring the Women and Girls Summit (WAGS), which takes place virtually from November 16-18, 2020, and aims to prepare women and girls as leaders in key industries to ensure that Africa realises its full potential on issues ranging from entrepreneurship to the impact of climate change, to reproductive health, to […]

Grantee Highlight: “Ghana, Walk for the Cure, 2015” – Breast Care International organise walk for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This article was originally posted on Citi FM online (Ghana) Sunday 1st November, More than 500 residents of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis at the weekend participated in a breast cancer awareness health walk to sensitise Ghanaians on the dangers of the disease. The event which was organised by Breast Care International, a non-governmental organisation, brought together hundreds […]

Fighting HIV/AIDS through Ending Stigma and Discrimination by Segawa Patrick

This article was crossposted on Women Deliver By Segawa Patrick, Programme Coordinator, Publich Health Ambassador Uganda and Women Deliver Young Leader “…most people assume that someone with AIDS is immoral. They do not realize that there are other ways of transmission. They simply believe that if someone has AIDS, they must have acquired it through […]

Expression of interest – Health and Reproductive Rights thematic Evaluation

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is looking for an experienced consultant with demonstrable expertise on women’s rights work in Africa to undertake a formative evaluation on one of its thematic grant making areas – Health and Reproductive Rights (HRR). The overall objective of the HRR thematic area program review is to identify current and […]