By Fatou Wurie Read the original piece on Huffington Post here THE BACKGROUND YOU ARE MOST AWARE OF – 11 YEARS OF WAR IN SIERRA LEONE: Birth. I choose to not tell my protected friends that I was born in a small house in a small village nestled in the small corners of Africa. I […]

Positive Action for Treatment Access, (PATA) has been an AWDF grantee since 2006. PATA works to ensure that every individual with an illness or disease, especially women and girls, have access to treatment, as well as equitable and humane care. AWDF’s most recent support to PATA has included funding a monthly radio programme addressing a […]

By the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) This week saw the landmark conviction of Lieutenant Colonel Kibibi and 9 government soldiers of crimes against humanity for the horrific mass rapes that women experienced on New Year’s Day in the village of Fizi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). AWDF hopes that this successful […]