{"id":14800,"date":"2021-12-02T17:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/?p=14800"},"modified":"2022-01-10T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:01:33","slug":"ford-foundation-osiwa-and-awdf-launch-new-fund-to-end-sexual-violence-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/ford-foundation-osiwa-and-awdf-launch-new-fund-to-end-sexual-violence-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Foundation, OSIWA and AWDF Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14802\" src=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teaser2FB-IG-IN-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ford Foundation West Africa Office, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and the African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) are joining forces to address and reduce sexual violence, and its deep-rooted drivers, across West Africa. The initiative, <em>KASA!<\/em> <em>Ending Sexual Violence in West Africa<\/em>, will leverage the growing focus on sexual violence in the region and boost feminist action and advocacy to reduce it.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing primarily on Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, KASA! (meaning \u2018speak\u2019 in the Twi language) will be a fund hosted by (AWDF) to strengthen and support women\u2019s rights organisations to raise awareness of sexual violence as a violation of human rights and rally support to combat it.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Press-Release-final.pdf\">Press Release here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click here to watch the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LOP3tYqWzaM\">KASA video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To watch a replay of the launch event, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GIvhJGm9ANk\">please click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Foundation West Africa Office, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and the African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) are joining forces to address and reduce sexual violence, and its deep-rooted drivers, across West Africa. The initiative, KASA! 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