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Between 2001 and 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) disbursed US$4,247,740.24 in grant-making to women’s rights and national organisations across the African continent. The majority of this funding has supported small community based women’s groups like Ngallu Djiguene in Senegal which in 2005 received a grant of US5,000; Anfoega Kaolin Processing Group which in 2006 received a grant of US$5,000\u00a0 and SOS Addis in Ethiopia which in 2012 received a grant of $20,000.<\/p>\n

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Members of ‘Ngallu Djiguene’ in Senegal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of Anfoega Kaolin Processing Group in Ghana
Photography by Nana Kofi Acquah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Members of ‘SOS Addis’ in Ethiopia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Support provided by AWDF has enabled African women to live more dignified lives. Beneficiaries of AWDF’s grantee partners tell us that support for economic security has enabled them to sustain livelihoods, educate children and pay medical bills. Take Denise Adebiyi for example who has benefited from the work of Association Femme et Vie (AFV) in Benin. In November 2012, Denise shared with an AWDF monitoring and evaluation team how ARV’s micro credit scheme enabled her to invest in her vegetable farming business. She also participated in the literacy programme run by the organisation. This has helped her improve the quality of her business as she can now read and write in the local language. According to her, the living conditions of herself and her family has changed drastically and her profit base has also increased considerably.<\/p>\n

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Denise Adebiyi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In spite of the support that AWDF and other partners give to women like Denise it is clear that much more needs to be done to create more equitable societies where African women have fair access to economic resources, capital and food security.<\/p>\n

As part of AWDF’s efforts to share learning amongst individuals, organisations and experts working on issues of economic empowerment and livelihood, on the 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> of May 2013, the organisation will bring together researchers, policy makers, donors and grantee partners for a strategic meeting on \u2018Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods<\/a>\u2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme for this meeting is \u2018Equity, Power and Livelihoods\u2019. In the context of renewed international attention on economic growth in Africa, it is important that the economic empowerment of women is recognised as central to women\u2019s equality and crucial to broader development goals such as economic growth and poverty reduction.<\/p>\n

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