Category: grantees

Cercle d’Aide Femme Enfant (CAFE) was set up in 2004 by a group of young dynamic Togolese women to promote the status of women and children. It is a national organisation and it seeks to contribute towards the improvement of the living conditions of women and children in deprived areas in Togo. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will engage strategic political stakeholders and lobby for quotas in decision making positions for young women after the February 2020 electioneering process in Togo.

Cause Rurale was set up in 1999 to combat extreme poverty, promote sustainable development and fight rural inequalities especially violence against rural and peri-urban women and girls. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will address severe human rights abuses of women and girls cross-border migrants at the DRC-Angola border by border guards and other uniformed officials by building the capacity of relevant CSOs and officials of the security agencies.

Zambia National Women’s Lobby (ZNWL) was formed in 1991 by a group of women gender activists to support Zambian women and girls to proactively take up leadership roles and actively participate in the development of the nation through capacity building, policy advocacy and lobbying. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will lobby for the inclusion of women in leadership and decision-making processes in political parties by ensuring that the political parties develop and implement gender equality plans.

WARDA was founded to campaign and advocate on issues affecting women’s lives, in particular violence against women and women experiencing multiple social and economic disadvantages. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will enhance access to justice for Somali women and girls with trainings for representatives of legal and uniformed professions on gender equality as well as discussions around strengthening the effective implementation of gender-responsive laws and policies.

Union Feministe Libre was founded by a group of Women in 2016 on the second anniversary of a sexual harassment case won in court, in order to advocate for women and LGBTQI+ rights. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will organise the annual feminist UFL Academy to enable activists to successfully carry out advocacy campaigns at the national level, engage more young people in the movement and ultimately a strong movement in the North African Region with greater cohesion.

The Society of Women Graduates was founded in 1974 to empower female graduates in the Gaza Strip through capacity building development programs, skill rehabilitation, education, awareness-raising, job placement and advocacy for their rights by creating local, regional and international partnerships. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will increase women’s equitable representation in local committees at the Municipal level in the Gaza Strip by training and motivating community women and municipal authorities to promote women’s rights including promoting women’s participation in local government committees.

Transgender Equality Uganda was founded in 2011 to advocate for equal treatment as well as creating safe spaces where transgender women’s rights are recognised, their dignity upheld and their exposure to social and economic opportunities is scaled up. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will strengthen evidence based advocacy, that will help promote the rights of the transgender women’s community, through research, lobbying, community mobilisation and awareness creation.

SFVS was founded in 2002 to create a space where the issues of women and girls survivors of violence could be addressed and where peace, respect and promotion of women’s rights prevail. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will support the effective participation of women in taking leadership in the building of peace, the fight against impunity and the pursuit of responsible governance in the province of North Kivu.

Rights not Rescue Trust (RnRT) of Namibia was founded to promote access to health, rights, education and safety for sex workers in Namibia. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will contribute to the decriminalisation of sex work in Namibia by committing to reduce violence against sex workers through a law review process to ensure that the rights of sex workers are promoted in the legal framework.

REFED was created in 1997 to build a just and harmonious Congolese society based on gender equality and the promotion of women’s leadership. With the Leading from the South grant, the organisation will increase women’s representation in decision making processes by lobbying political parties to support and nominate women into their leadership structures; training women to prepare for elections, mobilise and educate the community to support women in decision making processes.