Association Djazairouna was founded in 1996 by the families of survivors of Islamist terrorism to support the survivors of terrorism in Algeria, given the absence of support and recognition of their status as survivors by the authorities, and has since acquired a great deal of expertise in the field of combating violence against women through its socio-psycho-legal welfare centre established in 2008. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will strengthen legal frameworks for the protection of women survivors of domestic violence by working with multi-sectoral stakeholders to draft a preliminary draft Charter for survivors of domestic violence.

Association Hope Africa Internationale was founded in 2006 to offer psycho-social and medical care for People Living with HIV, orphans and vulnerable children, to fight against poverty and promote the rights of women and the social integration of young girls / mothers. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will promote women’s right to decent work, the right to land and women’s right to inherit.

AFE-Women (AFE-W) was founded by female staff members at the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFEMENA), to pursue strict feminist programming and to apply a feminist lens to all aspects of LGBT regional work and to promote the rights of women and the LGBT community in the MENA region. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will undertake a baseline study on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of LBQT women in 5 targeted countries within the MENA region that will later be used to influence programming and ultimately advocacy at the regional level.

And Soppeku was founded to mobilise sex workers to defend and promote their right to safe and secure working environments and to create a world where sex workers are fully fulfilled with regards to their health and safety. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will support sex workers to lead the fight for the amendment of the laws governing sex work, advocate for easy access to health services for all, and educate sex workers on their right to a decent working environment.

As a Programmes Assistant, Programmes Support, Mary provides bi-lingual administrative support to the Programmes team- with a focus on the Grants Department, Capacity Building Unit and Catalytic Initiatives. She helps support programme communications, liaison with francophone grantees and provides support with translation.

Mary is a graduate of the School of Translators of the Ghana Institute of Languages where she studied Translation (English, French and Portuguese). Mary joined AWDF in 2018 as an intern, continued as a National Service Personnel and is now a staff.

Mary has a keen interest in women and Girls’ economic empowerment and livelihood as well as health issues.

BUILDING TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST SOLIDARITY

AWDF and Black Women radicals are co-hosting a webinar on Health equity and power: Building transnational feminist solidarity on Thursday, March 25th, 2021, at 4:00–6:00 PM EAT/9:00–11:00 AM EST/1:00-3:00 PM GMT.

The webinar will bring together a diverse panel of speakers, namely; Weema Askri: African Queer Youth Initiative; Dr Ana Mocumbi: Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission; Dr Caldwell L. Kia: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Jaimee Swift: Black Women Radicals, Pontso Mafethe: AWDF and moderated by Nana Afua Brantuo: George Washington University.

This ground-breaking conversation will contribute to and deepen the debate on critical constructs that shape inequitable health policies and programmes for African, African descendant women and gender-expansive persons.

The transnational event cuts across structural geopolitical boundaries to showcase similarities in the challenges encompassing activism and the need for solidarity to harness our voices, resources and platforms for equitable women’s health futures.

Through a digitised tribute, the event will draw on current research and analysis of cross-cutting issues like non-communicable diseases and significant barriers to dignity in health-seeking such as poverty, state-driven violence and discrimination.

In addition, the tribute highlights a selection of individual and collective stories of women in Africa and the diaspora whose inspirational past and current initiatives dare to challenge these constructs.

The Health Equity and Feminist Solidarity event will build on existing African feminist power and collective to continue reflection and passion towards transnational identity and solidarity.

Look out for post-event resources which we will share on all our platforms.

Please email dinnah@awdf.org if you have specific questions about the event.

To register for the event, please click here

Feminist Mental Health Knowledge Series

AWDF invites African women researchers, artists and vloggers to document information, experiences, insights, practices and approaches that promote mental health and emotional wellbeing in communities and groups of women across the continent. We are particularly keen on innovations around feminist collective care and self-care in the digital era, humanitarian, postconflict, rural and urban areas; work or stories that explore how mental health and wellbeing intersect with further marginalisations women face due to their queerness, disability and class status; approaches that work and the role of African women in stirring activism and solidarity for effective mental health and emotional wellbeing programmes and services across communities in Africa.

For Full Details About this Consultancy, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 20 March 2021

Feminist Charter Audio-Visual Production

Objective and Scope of Work
AWDF is seeking the services of a multimedia communications and design consultant to translate the African Feminist Charter text format into audio version and produce an interactive visualised digital summary of the Charter. The Charter was developed by the African Feminist Forum Working Group in 2006 and adopted by over 100 African feminists in Accra that year. The charter articulates the African feminist movement’s politics and vision and is currently translated in six languages. The target audience for the final product are African women’s organisations, practitioners and individuals in the women right’s movement.

Interested in this Consultancy, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 25 March 2021

Grants Administration Consultant

AWDF has launched call for applications for the Leading from the South (LFS) and main grants which closes on 14th April, 2021. We are expecting to receive high volume of applications in response to the call for application that has been put out.

AWDF is therefore looking for a short term Grants Administration consultants (2) to support the initial screening and processing of the expected applications. This is to ensure that every application is effectively screened and followed up to provide equal opportunity for every applicant.

To Apply for this Position, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 26th March, 2021.

In line with AWDF’s Mission, qualified African women are encouraged to apply

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LAUNCH OF CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR GRANTS

AWDF is happy to invite applications for grants from all eligible women-led and women’s rights groups and organisations in Africa and parts of the Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen).

If you are passionate about advancing women’s rights and creating systemic change, you can apply for a grant in one or more of the thematic areas listed below:

1. ECONOMIC SECURITY & JUSTICE
2. BODY & HEALTH RIGHTS
3. LEADERSHIP, PARTICIPATION & PEACE

Please note that this Grant cycle is powered by AWARD FORCE, and applications must be completed using the AWDF Online Portal in the link below

ONLINE APPLICATION PORTAL

Closing Date for application is 14th April 2021

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Dans le cadre de notre initiative Le Sud Aux Rênes du Leadership (LFS) et de notre Subvention Principale, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) a le plaisir de recevoir des propositions de projets venant de toutes organisations et groupes éligibles dirigés par des femmes en Afrique et dans certaines parties du Moyen-Orient ( Liban, Palestine, Jordanie, Irak, Yémen).

Si vous êtes passionnées par la promotion des droits des femmes et la création de changements systémiques, vous pouvez répondre à cet appel en présentant une demande dans un ou plusieurs des domaines thématiques suivants:

1. DROITS À LA SÉCURITE ET À LA JUSTICE ÉCONOMIQUE
2. DROITS À L’AUTONOMIE CORPORELLE ET A LA SANTÉ
3. LEADERSHIP, PARTICIPATION ET PAIX

Veuillez noter que ce cycle de subventions est alimenté par AWARD FORCE. Les organisations et groupes de défense des droits des femmes intéressés doivent soumettre les demandes de subventions en ligne en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous.

POSTULER EN LIGNE ICI

Date de clôture: 14 avril 2021

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Despite the huge strides that have been made by women’s rights activists in the fight for equality, a lot still remains to be done to close the gender gap. This gap remains because we are not only confronted by deeply entrenched systems of oppressive patriarchy, but also by years of socialising that lead women to not see themselves as equal to men in society.

By Choosing to Challenge, we are celebrating our successes and also challenging ourselves to speak up, to demand more, to set aside gender stereotypes, and create the change that we want.

Happy Women’s Day

Read these two articles written by AWDF colleagues, as they reflect on what International Women’s Day means to them, and how it speaks to our Feminism.

Malaika Aryee-Boi ‘Not free while any woman is unfree’: Challenging our Feminism to be inclusive of Disability

Caren Akoto-Adade Choosing to Challenge the status quo and setting aside Limitations