{"id":9480,"date":"2018-08-17T17:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T17:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=9480"},"modified":"2018-08-22T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T16:06:51","slug":"funding-feminist-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/funding-feminist-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Feminist Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span lang=\"en\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9482 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/DkkiOIUUwAAiB0h-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/DkkiOIUUwAAiB0h-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/DkkiOIUUwAAiB0h-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/DkkiOIUUwAAiB0h-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s rights and feminist movements in Africa received a boost this week. On a visit to Sierra Leone, the Canadian Minister of International Development, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced a $7 million (CAD) partnership with the African Women\u2019s Development Fund, as part of the Canadian government\u2019s recently announced $150 million \u00a0\u2018Women\u2019s Voice and Leadership\u2019 initiative. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a meeting in Freetown on 14 August 2018, with women\u2019s rights and peace and security civil society organisations, Minister Bibeau stated that in Canada\u2019s Feminist International Assistance Policy, \u2018women are not seen as victims but as survivors and agents of change\u2019. As such, AWDF is excited to be a part of the Voice and Leadership initiative, with an initial focus on transnational and regional activity. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanning five years, this project will allow AWDF and African women\u2019s rights organisations to further strengthen their impact on the achievement of women\u2019s rights and social justice through greater support, profile and networking of African women\u2019s voices, participation and leadership. This initiative will join with other AWDF work, supporting African women\u2019s rights organisations and movements through grantmaking, technical assistance, advocacy and knowledge generation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch for further information about this initiative in the near future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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