Category: grantees
Synergie Des Partenaires Pour La Promotion Des Droits De La Femme (SPPDF)
Synergie Des Partenaires Pour La Promotion Des Droits De La Femme (SPPDF)
SPPDF is a national network of women’s organisations founded in 2008 and operates in all the provinces of Burundi. SPPDF’s overall objective is to improve the living conditions of women through the promotion of civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights including the right to development. The grant awarded will be used to pilot a network of peacemakers in Rumonge Province engaged in various local conflict resolution mechanisms that comprehensively integrates women in all stages of the peace making processes. This new network will be used as a case study to encourage other communities to comprehensively integrate women in their peace making mechanisms. Additionally, the network will address gender inequality at the root cause of VAWG by addressing male gender norms and power disparities The project will also engage various stakeholders to localize the provisions of UNSCRs 1325 and 2250.
Sisonke National Movement
Sisonke National Movement
Sisonke is a South African sex worker-led movement that was launched in 2003 at the second national sex worker meeting in Worcester in the Western Cape. Sisonke aims to reduce stigma associated with sex work, challenge and change existing laws, policies, and practices relating to sex work, and legalise sex work. The AWDF grant will be used to strengthen the sex worker networks and movements in South Africa to ensure they are adequately capacitated to speak for themselves in addressing some of their key concerns.
Si Jeunesse Savait
Si Jeunesse Savait
Si Jeunesse Savait (SJS) is a young feminist organisation founded in 2011 and works to promote women’s rights including their rights to decision-making power and the right to bodily autonomy and integrity. The grant awarded will help to enhance the capacity of young women to advocate for the right of women to access safe abortion services without stigma. The project will work with other women’s rights organisations and engage traditional and religious leaders to promote attitudinal change towards women’s SRHR.
Rwasa United Youth Association (RUYA)
Rwasa United Youth Association (RUYA)
Rwasa United Youth Association (RUYA) was formed by 10 young women in 2014 after the 1994 genocide and the 1998 civil war rendered a lot of girls orphans and women widows. RUYA seeks to serve as a collaborative learning community that provides women and girls who are socially and economically disadvantaged with access to opportunities and skills which will enable them to improve their standard of living. The grant awarded is to help commemorate the 2020 WAD event and to promote access to HIV and AIDS treatment and care and psychosocial services for women living with HIV (WLHIV) and mental conditions in Rubavu district in the Western province of Rwanda.
Ripples International
Ripples International
Ripples International (RI) was founded by Mr. Chidi and Mrs Mercy Chidi-Baidoo in the year 2000. They were inspired to serve HIV affected children at a time when the HIV pandemic was killing a lot of people in Kenya. The organisation works on the protection and promotion of women’s bodily rights in Kenya and advocates against sexual violence. The grant will be used as a core grant to support the work of the institution. Ripples International will strengthen its work around the promotion and protection of women’s economic rights.
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
Established in 1976, Rape Crisis is the oldest women’s organisation in South Africa dealing with adult rape. Its founder, Anne Mayne, was a survivor of rape and was driven to form the organisation by the lack of services and support available to survivors at that time. The grant will be used as a core grant to support the work of the Rape Crises. They will use the grant to support their work around advocating for the roll out of the sexual offences court in South Africa.
Raise Foundation
Raise Foundation
Raise foundation was formed by Dr. Amina Bello in 2015 with a vision of Nigeria where no woman dies of pregnancy related issues and a mission to create awareness and opportunity for women and girls to realise their potential in an environment that is safe for pregnancy and childbirth. The grant will be used to educate the project community, train community volunteers and put measures in place that will help reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. The project will also support surgeries for women with fistula and ensure their reintegration into the community.
Prosperous Health Life Initiative (PHLI)
Prosperous Health Life Initiative (PHLI)
Prosperous Health Life Initiative (PHLI) was started in 2016 by a team of three women, to support innovative strategies for local communities to improve their health and livelihoods. PHLI works towards transforming lives by enhancing knowledge and creating awareness to ensure social inclusion of the marginalized groups and individuals. With this grant, PHLI will implement the Africa End Sexual Harassment Initiative (AESHI) to bring attention to the issue of sexual harassment at the local level. Part of the grant would be used to generate knowledge through research under the Africa Book Project on Sexual Harassment.
Project Alert on Violence Against Women (PCRA)
Project Alert on Violence Against Women (PCRA)
Project Alert was set up in January 1999 by Dr. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, to promote and protect the rights of women by providing information on violence against women/young girls, advocacy against violence against women/young girls and provision of practical support services to female survivors of violence. The organisation also operates a shelter that provides a safe space for survivors of violence. The grant will help them to enhance the capacity of community groups to support the campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls (VAWG). The project will also provide support for rescue and referral services (legal, medical, shelter) for survivors of VAWG.
Platform for Social Justice (PSJ)
Platform for Social Justice (PSJ)
Platform for Social Justice was formed in March 2007 to promote justice for marginalized groups. PSJ advocates for rights of victims of human rights abuse and provides them with the tools to secure and defend their rights. With the grant from AWDF, they will mitigate violence against women and girls in Amuru district through the provision of preventive responses to enable women and girls to live life in dignity.