Author: African Women's Development Fund

$10,000 to help fight cancer of the cervix amongst women living with HIV/AIDS. It is estimated that approximately 7000 women develop cervical cancer every year in South Africa out of which 3000 die yearly. This grim statistics points to the urgency to which issues relating to cervical cancer must be addressed.

$20,000 to strengthen the capacity of women farmers to enable them defend their rights and also to actively participate in the minimum wage consultations with the government of South Africa.Women farm workers do not largely understand their labor rights and support systems are currently not in place to give them a unified voice in advocating for their rights.

$20,000 to plan and hold a girls’ capacity building Technology Camp (Tech-Camp) in Johannesburg for 25 selected girls as well as to design an electronic newsletter from the content that the girls develop after the Tech-Camp.

$20,000 to provide grants for grassroots women led community based organizations in South Africa.

$12,000 to support the organisation of the first meeting of the working group of the South African Feminist forum to deliberate on issues of feminists organizing in South Africa.

$10,000 to build the leadership of female sex worker groups leading to sex worker led activism.

$15,000 to support the airing of selected pre-packaged radio programmes (Change the Tune) on gender and gender based violence on selected community radio stations in countries of the SADC region.

$25,000 to support the training of women groups (Makhadzis) in land rights and environmental protection issues as well as to undertake advocacy activities on the protection of sacred sites, watersheds and forests.

$20,000 for institutional development and the support of women survivors of violence

$50,000 as contribution towards the funding of the women’s leadership development and training programme. This programme provide women with skills in legal and human rights mechanism.